σινάφι

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish صنف (sınıf, “class, category”), from Arabic صِنْف (ṣinf, “class, species”). Compare Turkish sınıf (“class, classroom”).

• IPA^(key): /siˈnafi/
• Hyphenation: σι‧νά‧φι

σινάφι • (sináfi) n (plural σινάφια)

1. a class of people practicing the same craft or sharing the same occupation (dated, vernacular)
2. (derogatory) people of the same social class or group

• σινάφι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language