αλάνι

Greek

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آلاڭ (alañ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlani/
• Hyphenation: α‧λά‧νι

Noun

αλάνι • (aláni) n (plural αλάνια)

1. (colloquial, obsolete) Alternative form of αλάνα (alána, “vacant lot”)
2. (colloquial, by extension) street urchin (child who lives, or spends most of his/her time, in the streets or in the above lot)

   Έχουν μαζευτεί όλα τα αλάνια της γειτονιάς και κάνουν θόρυβο.

   Échoun mazefteí óla ta alánia tis geitoniás kai kánoun thóryvo.

   All the street urchins of the neighbourhood have gathered and are making noise.

Declension

Declension of αλάνι

	singular	plural
nominative	αλάνι •	αλάνια •
genitive	αλανιού •	αλανιών •
accusative	αλάνι •	αλάνια •
vocative	αλάνι •	αλάνια •

Synonyms

• αλάνα f (alána) (augmentative of) αλάνης (alánis)
• αλάνης m (alánis, “carefree man of the streets, lout”), αλάνισσα f (alánissa)

• and see: χαμίνι n (chamíni)

Related terms

• αλανιάρης (alaniáris, “carefree man of the streets, lout”, adjective, noun)
• αλανιάρικος (alaniárikos, “loutish”)
• αλάνικος (alánikos, “loutish”)

References

• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “علن”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[1], Vienna, column 3318