τζαμπέ

Greek

Alternative forms

  • τσαμπέ (tsampé)

Etymology

From τζάμπ(α) (tzámp(a)) (from Ottoman Turkish جابا (caba, “gratis, free of charge”)) + adverb suffix -έ (-é), from French -é, with extended use for non-French loanwords.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡zaˈbe/
  • Hyphenation: τζα‧μπέ

Adverb

τζαμπέ • (tzampé)

  1. informal form of τζάμπα (tzámpa)

References

  1. ^ «τσαμπέ» s.v. "-έ", in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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