σαΐνι
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Greek[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (dialectal) σαγίνι n (sagíni), σαγίνης m (sagínis) [1]
- σαΐνης m (saḯnis) [2]
- σαχίνι (sachíni) (dialectal)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شاهین (şahin) -Turkish şahin (“hawk”)- with deletion of [h][3] from Persian شاهین.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
σαΐνι • (saḯni) n (plural σαΐνια)
- hawk
- (especially) Levant sparrowhawk, Accipiter brevipes
- (figuratively) bright spark, genius
- see: έξυπνος (éxypnos, “intelligent”)
Declension[edit]
declension of σαΐνι
References[edit]
- ^ Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (1964) Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Great Dictionary of the entire Greek Language] (in Greek), Athens: Hellenic Paideia
- ^ σαΐνι - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
- ^ σαΐνι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
Further reading[edit]
- σαΐνι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el