πατσαβούρα

Greek

Alternative forms

  • πατσαβούρι n (patsavoúri) (less frequent)

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetan spazzadura with deletion of [s] and [d>ð>v], from Italian spazzatura, spazzare, from Latin spatior, spatium.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.tsaˈvu.ɾa/
  • Hyphenation: πα‧τσα‧βού‧ρα

Noun

πατσαβούρα • (patsavoúra) f (plural πατσαβούρες)

  1. a swab, rag, any dirty cloth
  2. any squashed piece of cloth or paper
  3. (figuratively) stupid or promiscuous woman
  4. (figuratively) disreputable printed medium (newspaper, etc)

Declension

Declension of πατσαβούρα
singular plural
nominative πατσαβούρα (patsavoúra) πατσαβούρες (patsavoúres)
genitive πατσαβούρας (patsavoúras) -
accusative πατσαβούρα (patsavoúra) πατσαβούρες (patsavoúres)
vocative πατσαβούρα (patsavoúra) πατσαβούρες (patsavoúres)
  • παλιοπατσαβούρα f (paliopatsavoúra, “dirty old swab”)
  • πατσαβουριάζω (patsavouriázo, “squash”)
  • πατσαβουρόπιτα f (patsavourópita, “kind of cake with squashed phyllo”)

Descendants

  • → Ottoman Turkish: پاچاوره (paçavra), پاچاورا (paçavra), پچاوره (paçavra), փաչավրա (paçavra) — Armeno-Turkish
    • Turkish: paçavra
    • → Armenian: փաչավռա (pʻačʻavṙa), փաչառվա (pʻačʻaṙva)
    • → Bulgarian: пача́вра (pačávra)
    • → Crimean Tatar: paçavra
    • → Macedonian: пачавра (pačavra)
    • → Romanian: paceaură
    • → Serbo-Croatian:
      Latin script: pàčāvra
      Cyrillic script: па̀ча̄вра

References

  1. ^ πατσαβούρα, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ πατσαβούρα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
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