badarian
|ba-da-ri-an|
/bəˈdɑːr.i.ən/
of or from Badari (Badarian culture/person)
Etymology
'badarian' originates from the place-name 'Badari' (the site el-Badari in Upper Egypt), formed in English by adding the adjectival/person-forming suffix '-an' to the site name to mean 'of or from Badari'.
The archaeological label arose in early 20th-century scholarship after discoveries at the el-Badari site; the place-name 'Badari' (Arabic al-Badari) was adopted into English usage and then combined with the English suffix '-an' to yield 'Badarian'.
Initially it referred narrowly to finds or people 'from the site of Badari'; over time it came to denote the broader prehistoric 'Badarian culture' and its characteristic artifacts and features.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
a person from (or an individual associated with) the Badarian culture of predynastic Upper Egypt; by extension, an artifact or specimen belonging to that culture.
The archaeologists studied a badarian burial that dated to the predynastic period.
Synonyms
Adjective 1
relating to or characteristic of the Badarian culture (archaeological culture of predynastic Upper Egypt, c. 4400–4000 BC).
They displayed badarian pottery fragments in the museum case.
Synonyms
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