νταβάνι

From Byzantine Greek νταβάνι (ntabáni), ταβάνι (tabáni), from Venetan tavan. The initial voicing is due to the preceding neuter definite article. The masculine forms in -ος (-os) are back-formations.

• ντάβανος m (ntávanos)
• τάβανος m (távanos) — formal

νταβάνι • (ntaváni) n (plural νταβάνια)

1. gadfly, horsefly

   Synonyms: βοϊδόμυγα (voïdómyga), αλογόμυγα (alogómyga)

• → Aromanian: davan

• νταβάνι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
• τάβανος - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN, page 1733a.

νταβάνι • (ntaváni) n (plural νταβάνια)

1. alternative form of ταβάνι (taváni, “ceiling”)