πουτάνα
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Byzantine Greek πουτάνα (poutána), from Italian puttana.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]πουτάνα • (poutána) f (plural πουτάνες)
- (colloquial, derogatory, vulgar) whore, hooker (prostitute)
- Ο Αλέξανδρος πάει συχνά στις πουτάνες.
- O Aléxandros páei sychná stis poutánes.
- Alexander sees hookers a lot.
- (colloquial, derogatory, offensive, by extension) whore, bitch, slut, trollop (term for a woman)
- Άντε φύγε από ’δω, μωρή πουτάνα!
- Ánte fýge apó ’do, morí poutána!
- Get outta here, stupid bitch!
Declension
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Declension of πουτάνα
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- της πουτάνας (tis poutánas, “commotion, chaos, pandemonium”)
- της πουτάνας το κάγκελο (tis poutánas to kágkelo, “commotion, chaos, pandemonium”)
Related terms
[edit]- καραπουτάνα f (karapoutána) (intensified)
- πουτανάκι n (poutanáki) (diminutive)
- πουτανιά f (poutaniá, “cunningness, wrong”)
- πουτανίτσα f (poutanítsa) (diminutive)
- πουτανάρα f (poutanára) (augmentative)
- πουταναριό n (poutanarió, “whorehouse, brothel”)
- πουτανιάρης m (poutaniáris, “whoremaster”)
- πουτανίζω (poutanízo, “whore around”)
- πουτανίστικος (poutanístikos, “whorish, slutty”)
Descendants
[edit]- → Aromanian: putanã
References
[edit]- ^ “πουτάνα”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
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