νταντά

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Greek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ﺩﺍﺩﻯ (dadı) (see Turkish dadı), from Persian دادا (dâdâ).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /daˈda/
  • Hyphenation: ντα‧ντά

Noun

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νταντά • (ntantá) f (plural νταντάδες)

  1. (familiar) nanny, nursemaid (a woman or girl employed to care for children)
    Near-synonyms: τροφός f (trofós), γκουβερνάντα f (gkouvernánta)

Declension

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Declension of νταντά
singular plural
nominative νταντά • νταντάδες •
genitive νταντάς • νταντάδων •
accusative νταντά • νταντάδες •
vocative νταντά • νταντάδες •

References

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  1. ^ “νταντά”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
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