پنتی
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Armenian փնթի (pʻntʻi, “slovenly, untidy”), from Middle Armenian փնթի (pʻntʻi).
Adjective
پنتی • (pinti)
- stingy, miserly, mean, tight-fisted, unwilling to spend, objectionably cautious with money
- slovenly, shabby, unkempt, scruffy, habitually careless or negligent with regard to appearance
Derived terms
- پنتیلك (pintilik, “stinginess, avarice”)
- پنتیلمك (pintilemek, “to become dirty and shabby”)
Descendants
- Turkish: pinti
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փնթի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 507ab
- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “پنتی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 410
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “pinti1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3857
- Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 747, pages 148–149
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “پنتی”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 127a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “پنتی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 324
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “pinti”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Pedersen, Holger (1906) “Armenisch und die Nachbarsprachen”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der Indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 39, number 3, page 463
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پنتی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 453
- Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “پنتی”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 359
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Armenian փնթի (pʻntʻi).
Adjective
پنتی • (penti)