σινάφι
Greek
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ottoman Turkish صنف (sınıf, “class, category”), from Arabic صِنْف (ṣinf, “class, species”). Compare Turkish sınıf (“class, classroom”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editσινάφι • (sináfi) n (plural σινάφια)
- a class of people practicing the same craft or sharing the same occupation (dated, vernacular)
- (derogatory) people of the same social class or group
Declension
editDeclension of σινάφι
Further reading
edit- σινάφι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language