# μηχανή
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́) — Doric

### Etymology

Unknown. Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (“to be able”), with cognates including Old Church Slavonic могѫ (mogǫ) and Old English magan, miht, mæġen (English may, might, main). See also Μάγος (Mágos).
Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin, based on the infix -αν- (-an-), as well as formal difficulties in deriving the word's ablauting paradigm from *megʰ-, and considers it a doublet of Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon, “charm, block (wheelbox)”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɛː.kʰa.nɛ̌ː/ → /mi.xaˈni/ → /mi.xaˈni/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /mɛː.kʰa.nɛ̌ː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /me̝.kʰaˈne̝/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /mi.xaˈni/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /mi.xaˈni/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /mi.xaˈni/

### Noun

μηχᾰνή • (mēkhănḗ) f (genitive μηχᾰνῆς); first declension (Attic, Ionic, Koine)
* contrivance, machine, device, gear
* way, means

#### Derived terms

* ἀμήχανος (amḗkhanos)
* κᾰκομήχᾰνος (kăkomḗkhănos)
* μηχᾰνάομαι (mēkhănáomai)
* μηχᾰνεύς (mēkhăneús)
* μηχᾰ́νημᾰ (mēkhắnēmă)
* μηχᾰ́νησῐς (mēkhắnēsĭs)
* μηχᾰνῐκός (mēkhănĭkós)
* μηχᾰ́νωμᾰ (mēkhắnōmă)
* ποικῐλομήχᾰνος (poikĭlomḗkhănos)

#### Related terms

* μῆχος (mêkhos)

#### Descendants

See also descendants from Doric μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́).
* Greek: μηχανή (michaní)
* → Classical Syriac: ܡܐܟܢܐ
* → Coptic: ⲙⲏⲭⲁⲛⲏ (mēkhanē)
* → Old Armenian: մեքենայ (mekʻenay)
** Armenian: մեքենա (mekʻena)
* → Pashto: مېچن (mēčə́n)

### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “μηχανή”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 949-50

### Further reading

* “μηχανή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “μηχανή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* μηχανή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. apparatus idem, page 34.appliance idem, page 35.artifice idem, page 42.artillery idem, page 42.battering-ram idem, page 65.contrivance idem, page 170.device idem, page 220.engine idem, page 274.expedient idem, page 293.invention idem, page 456.machine idem, page 506.ram idem, page 670.resource idem, page 703.scheme idem, page 739.weapon idem, page 970.
* “μηχανή”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

## Greek
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [mixɐˈni]
* Hyphenation: μη‧χα‧νή

### Noun

μηχανή • (michaní) f (plural μηχανές)
* machine, engine
    Synonym: μηχάνημα (michánima)
* locomotive, the power unit of a train which does not carry passengers or freight itself
* (colloquial) motorcycle, motorbike
    Synonym: μοτοσυκλέτα (motosykléta)
* (figuratively) a way to deceive people

#### Derived terms

* αερομηχανικός m or f (aeromichanikós, “aircraft mechanic, aero engineer”)
* αμηχανία f (amichanía, “perplexity, discomfiture”)
* αμήχανος (amíchanos, “perplexed, discomfited”, adjective)
* αρχιμηχανικός m or f (archimichanikós, “chief engineer”)
* ΑΤΜ f (ATM, “ATM”)
* αυτόματη ταμειακή μηχανή f (aftómati tameiakí michaní, “automatic cash machine”)
* αυτόματη ταμειολογιστική μηχανή f (aftómati tameiologistikí michaní, “automatic cash machine”)
* βιομηχανία f (viomichanía, “industry”)
* βιομήχανος m or f (viomíchanos, “industrialist”)
* μηχανάκι (michanáki, “diminutive form”)
* μηχανέλαιο (michanélaio)
* μηχανεύομαι (michanévomai)
* μηχανή αναζήτησης f (michaní anazítisis, “search engine”)
* μηχανή εσωτερικής καύσης f (michaní esoterikís káfsis, “internal combustion engine”)
* Μηχανικό (Michanikó)
* μηχανικός m or f (michanikós, “engineer”)
* μηχανισμός m (michanismós, “mechanism”)
* μηχανόβιος (michanóvios)
* μηχανογράφηση (michanográfisi)
* μηχανογραφώ (michanografó)
* μηχανοδηγός (michanodigós)
* μηχανοκατασκευή (michanokataskeví)
* μηχανοκίνητος (michanokínitos)
* μηχανοκρατία (michanokratía)
* μηχανοκρατούμαι (michanokratoúmai)
* μηχανόλαδο (michanólado)
* μηχανολογία (michanología)
* μηχανολόγος m or f (michanológos, “engineer”)
* μηχανοποίητος (michanopoíitos)
* μηχανορραφία (michanorrafía)
* μηχανορράφος (michanorráfos)
* μηχανορραφώ (michanorrafó)
* μηχανοστάσιο (michanostásio)
* μηχανότρατα (michanótrata)
* μηχανουργείο (michanourgeío)
* μηχανουργικός (michanourgikós)
* μηχανουργός (michanourgós)
* παιχνιδομηχανή f (paichnidomichaní, “video game console”)
* πολιτικός μηχανικός m (politikós michanikós, “civil engineer”)

### Further reading

* μηχανή on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{el}$
* μηχανή, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language