ὄρος

Etymology
Either from, or possibly directly from a.

Compare 🇨🇬. Possibly related are the personal names, 🇨🇬, and , 🇨🇬.

The sense "desert" is a, from.

Noun

 * 1) a mountain, hill
 * 2) mountain chain
 * 3) district, sector, precinct, parish
 * 4)  desert