νταντά
Greek
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ottoman Turkish ﺩﺍﺩﻯ (dadı) (see Turkish dadı), from Persian دادا (dâdâ).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editνταντά • (ntantá) f (plural νταντάδες)
- (familiar) nanny, nursemaid (a woman or girl employed to care for children)
- Near-synonyms: τροφός f (trofós), γκουβερνάντα f (gkouvernánta)
Declension
editDeclension of νταντά
References
edit- ^ “νταντά”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998