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Greek
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish آلاڭ (alañ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈlani/
- Hyphenation: α‧λά‧νι
Noun
αλάνι • (aláni) n (plural αλάνια)
- (colloquial, obsolete) Alternative form of αλάνα (alána, “vacant lot”)
- (colloquial, by extension) street urchin (child who lives, or spends most of his/her time, in the streets or in the above lot)
Έχουν μαζευτεί όλα τα αλάνια της γειτονιάς και κάνουν θόρυβο.- Échoun mazefteí óla ta alánia tis geitoniás kai kánoun thóryvo.
- All the street urchins of the neighbourhood have gathered and are making noise.
Declension
Synonyms
- αλάνα f (alána) (augmentative of) αλάνης (alánis)
- αλάνης m (alánis, “carefree man of the streets, lout”), αλάνισσα f (alánissa)
- αλανιάρης (alaniáris, “carefree man of the streets, lout”, adjective, noun)
- αλανιάρικος (alaniárikos, “loutish”)
- αλάνικος (alánikos, “loutish”)
References
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “علن”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 3318