μάτια μου

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Greek[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmatça mu/
  • Hyphenation: μά‧τια μου

Phrase[edit]

μάτια μου (mátia mou) (literally: my eyes)

  1. (idiomatic) my darling, my dear, my love (term of affection)
    • 1965, Stavros Kouyioumtzis (lyrics and music), “Μη μου θυμώνεις μάτια μου [Mi mou thymóneis mátia mou, Don't Be Angry At Me, My Love]”:
      Μη μου θυμώνεις, μάτια μου,
      που φεύγω για τα ξένα.
      Mi mou thymóneis, mátia mou,
      pou févgo gia ta xéna.
      Don't be angry at me, my love,
      for leaving to foreign places.