κουρασάνι
Greek
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish خراسانی (xorâsâni, “of Khorasani style”), from Persian خراسان (xorâsân, “Khorasan (toponym)”). Doublet of Χορασάν (Chorasán).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ku.ɾaˈsa.ni/
- Hyphenation: κου‧ρα‧σά‧νι
Noun
κουρασάνι • (kourasáni) n (plural κουρασάνια)
- (architecture) high quality lime mortar which also includes brick dust and natural pozzolana
- Hypernym: ασβεστοκονίαμα (asvestokoníama, “lime mortar”)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | κουρασάνι (kourasáni) | κουρασάνια (kourasánia) |
| genitive | κουρασανιού (kourasanioú) | κουρασανιών (kourasanión) |
| accusative | κουρασάνι (kourasáni) | κουρασάνια (kourasánia) |
| vocative | κουρασάνι (kourasáni) | κουρασάνια (kourasánia) |
Coordinate terms
- κονίαμα n (koníama, “mortar”)
- αμμοκονίαμα n (ammokoníama, “mortar with sand”)
- τσιμεντοκονία n (tsimentokonía, “cement mortar”)
- κεραμίδι n (keramídi, “brick tile”)
References
- κουρασάνι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
- κουρασάνι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el