κιάλι
Greek edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian occhiali (“eyeglasses”), the apheresis perhaps resulting via crasis of article το (to) with an earlier Byzantine Greek ὀκκιάλιν (okkiálin).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
κιάλι • (kiáli) n
- scope, telescope, spyglass, field glass; a portable optical instrument containing a lens used for magnification to see distant objects
- (in the plural) See κιάλια (kiália, “binoculars, spyglasses, opera glasses”).
Declension edit
declension of κιάλι
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- κιάλι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.