Politikái

Politikái is a transliterated Greek term (πολιτικαί) used in some scholarly contexts to refer to political matters. In Greek itself, forms derived from the same root—política, politikí, politiké, politiká, politikáï—denote politics, policy, or political affairs, with variations depending on gender and number. The feminine plural election politikai (ai) appears in transliterations when Greek text is rendered in Latin characters.

Etymology and meaning flow from the root politik-, linked to polis (city) and the suffixes that form adjectives and nouns related to politics and policy. In Greek practice, the standard everyday words for politics or policy are πολιτική (politikí) and πολιτικά (politiká), while politikái appears mainly in linguistic or philological renderings that aim to preserve Greek forms in non-Greek scripts.

Usage and scope tend to be limited to academic writing. Politikái is not widely used as an independent English term; rather, it functions as a transliterated label for Greek political vocabulary when discussing Greek sources, political culture, or policy discourse in comparative or historical studies. It may appear in analyses of ancient or modern Greek political life, or in translations and glossaries that map Greek terms onto English concepts.

See also: politics, political science, Greek language, transliteration, Greek political vocabulary.