πατσαβούρα
Greek
editAlternative forms
edit- πατσαβούρι n (patsavoúri) (less frequent)
Etymology
editBorrowed from Venetian spazzadura with deletion of [s] and [d>ð>v], from Italian spazzatura, spazzare, from Latin spatior, spatium.[1][2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editπατσαβούρα • (patsavoúra) f (plural πατσαβούρες)
- a swab, rag, any dirty cloth
- any squashed piece of cloth or paper
- (figuratively) stupid or promiscuous woman
- (figuratively) disreputable printed medium (newspaper, etc)
Declension
editDeclension of πατσαβούρα
singular | plural | |
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nominative | πατσαβούρα • | πατσαβούρες • |
genitive | πατσαβούρας • | — |
accusative | πατσαβούρα • | πατσαβούρες • |
vocative | πατσαβούρα • | πατσαβούρες • |
Related terms
edit- παλιοπατσαβούρα f (paliopatsavoúra, “dirty old swab”)
- πατσαβουριάζω (patsavouriázo, “squash”)
- πατσαβουρόπιτα f (patsavourópita, “kind of cake with squashed phyllo”)
Descendants
edit- → Ottoman Turkish: پاچاوره (paçavra), پاچاورا (paçavra), پچاوره (paçavra); փաչավրա (paçavra) — Armeno-Turkish
References
edit- ^ πατσαβούρα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ^ πατσαβούρα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre