γάντζος
Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Venetian ganzo. Also from Ottoman Turkish قانجه (kanca, kance) in the forms γάντζα (gántza), κάντζα (kántza).
Pronunciation
Noun
γάντζος • (gántzos) m (plural γάντζοι)
- hook
- hook (used for hanging stock)
- butcher's hook
Declension
Declension of γάντζος
Synonyms
- άγκιστρο n (ágkistro, “various hooks”)
- αγκίστρι n (agkístri, “fishhook”)
- τσιγκέλι n (tsigkéli, “butcher's hook”)
Derived terms
- αγάντζωτος (agántzotos, “unhooked”)
- γάντζωμα n (gántzoma, “hook”)
- γαντζώνω (gantzóno, “I hook”)
- ξεγαντζώνω (xegantzóno, “unhook”)
References
- Kahane, Henry R., Kahane, Renée, Tietze, Andreas (1958) The Lingua Franca in the Levant: Turkish Nautical Terms of Italian and Greek Origin, Urbana: University of Illinois, pages 244–247