τσάγαλο

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چاغلا (çağala, çağla, “unripe almond”), which is from Persian چغاله (čaġâle, “unripe fruit”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sa.ɣa.lo/
• Hyphenation: τσά‧γα‧λο

τσάγαλο • (tságalo) n (plural τσάγαλα)

1. unripe almond in its outer envelope

   Synonym: χλωρό αμύγδαλο (chloró amýgdalo)

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