κουνουπίδι

Greek edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Byzantine Greek κουνουπίδιν (kounoupídin) (12th century)[1] Probably from a noun *κανωπίδιον (*kanōpídion), diminutive of Hellenistic κάνωπον (kánōpon, a kind of short tree or bush) of uncertain etymon.[2][3] See city of Κάνωπος (Kánōpos).
Also see the dialectal synonym καρναπίδι (karnapídi) / καρναμπίκι (karnampíki)[4] / καρναμπίτι (karnampíti) ultimately from κράμβη (krámbē) with influence from (Ottoman) Turkish, and the Albanian kunipidhë from Ottoman Turkish قرنابیت (karnabit), قنبیط (kunnebit), from Arabic قَرْنَبِيط (qarnabīṭ), قُنَّبِيط (qunnabīṭ), itself from Ancient Greek κραμβίδιον (krambídion).[5] Doublet of καρναμπίτι (karnampíti).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ku.nuˈpi.ði/
  • Hyphenation: κου‧νου‧πί‧δι

Noun edit

κουνουπίδι (kounoupídin (plural κουνουπίδια)

  1. cauliflower
    Greek taxonomic binominal: Βρασική η λαχανώδης ποικ. η Βοτρύτης

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Descendants edit

  • Albanian: kunipidhë
  • Bulgarian: конопи́ди (konopídi)
  • Romanian: conopidă

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ κουνουπίδιKriaras, Emmanuel (1969-) Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας (Epitomí tou Lexikoú tis Mesaionikís Ellinikís Dimódous Grammateías) (in Greek), Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek language Online edition (abbreviations) Printed edition 2022: 22 vols.)
    The word found in 12th century Prodromic manuscripts.
  2. ^ κουνουπίδιΛεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  3. ^ κουνουπίδι - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
  4. ^ Hatzidakis, Georgios, Μεσαιωνικά και νέα ελληνικά, [Medieval and Modern Greek], vol.2, Athens: 1907, p.222
  5. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “kunipiδe”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, pages 214–215