παντζούρι

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish pancur, panjur + -ι (-i).[1] Nishanyan derives the Turkish from a French pare-jour (“light-organizing; lattice cage”, literally “adorn-daylight”);[2] however, the French term apparently lacks attestation in texts, in addition to the term bearing strong resemblance to Persian پَنْجَرِه (panjere, “window, lattice”) (which was borrowed into Ottoman Turkish as پنجره (pencere)). Other theories consider the Turkish as borrowed from French abat-jour (“lampshade”) (which was borrowed into Greek as αμπαζούρ (ampazoúr)); however, this is phonetically less likely.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa(n)ˈd͡zu.ɾi/

Noun

παντζούρι • (pantzoúri) n

  1. shutter (on a window)

Declension

Declension of παντζούρι
singular plural
nominative παντζούρι (pantzoúri) παντζούρια (pantzoúria)
genitive παντζουριού (pantzourioú) παντζουριών (pantzourión)
accusative παντζούρι (pantzoúri) παντζούρια (pantzoúria)
vocative παντζούρι (pantzoúri) παντζούρια (pantzoúria)

References

  1. ^ παντζούρι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “panjur”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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