αλάνι
Greek
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish علن (alen), from Arabic عَلَن (ʕalan, “public”, noun).
Pronunciation
Noun
αλάνι • (aláni) n (plural αλάνια)
- (colloquial, obsolete) Alternative form of αλάνα (alána) (sense: vacant lot)
- (colloquial, by extension) street urchin (child who lives, or spends most of his/her time, in the streets or in the above lot)
- Έχουν μαζευτεί όλα τα αλάνια της γειτονιάς και κάνουν θόρυβο. ― Échoun mazefteí óla ta alánia tis geitoniás kai kánoun thóryvo. ― All the street urchins of the neighbourhood have gathered and are making noise.
Declension
Declension of αλάνι
Synonyms
- αλάνα f (alána) (augmentative of) αλάνης (alánis)
- αλάνης m (alánis, “carefree man of the streets, lout”), αλάνισσα f (alánissa)
Related terms
- αλανιάρης (alaniáris, “carefree man of the streets, lout”, adjective, noun)
- αλανιάρικος (alaniárikos, “loutish”)
- αλάνικος (alánikos, “loutish”)
References
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “علن”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[1], Vienna, column 3318
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