avanie

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old French aveinie, from Italian avania (a heavy tax), from Byzantine Greek ἁβανία (habanía) (modern Greek αβανιά (avaniá, defamation, slander)), from Arabic خَوَّان (ḵawwān, unreliable, traitor).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /a.va.ni/
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

avanie f (plural avanies)

  1. (historical) avania
  2. affront, insult; snub

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