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Greek
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish یتاق (yatak, “bed”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʝaˈtaci/
- Hyphenation: για‧τά‧κι
Noun
γιατάκι • (giatáki) n (plural γιατάκια)
- (colloquial, dated, nautical) bunk, bunk bed, berth
1979, “Θεσσαλονίκη [Thessaloniki]”, in Nikos Kavvadias (lyrics), Thanos Mikroutsikos (music), Ο Σταυρός του Νότου [Southern Cross], performed by Giannis Koutras:Απάνω στο γιατάκι σου φίδι νωθρό κοιμάται,
Και φέρνει βόλτες ψάχνοντας τα ρούχα σου η μαϊμού.- Apáno sto giatáki sou fídi nothró koimátai,
Kai férnei vóltes psáchnontas ta roúcha sou i maïmoú. - On your bunk bed, a sluggish snake is sleeping,
And the monkey goes about, searching through your clothes.
- (colloquial, dated, nautical, by extension) cabin (interior of a boat, enclosed to create a small room)
Declension
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