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Cappadocian Greek
Etymology
Related to Old Armenian գայլիկոն (gaylikon), possibly borrowed from it.[1][2] Note also Pontic Greek καλακονώ (kalakonó).
Noun
καλακόνι (kalakóni)[3][4][5]
- (Pharasa) borer, gimlet (tool for cutting holes)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Bugge, Sophus (1893) “Beiträge zur etymologischen Erläuterung der armenischen Sprache”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung (in German), volume 32, page 10
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գայլիկոն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 513
- ^ Karolídis, Pávlos (1885) Γλωσσάριον συγκριτικόν ελληνοκαππαδοκικών λέξεων (in Greek), Smyrna: O Týpos, page 165
- ^ Lagarde, Paul de (1886) Neugriechisches aus Kleinasien (Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen; 33) (in German), Göttingen: Dieterichsche Verlags-Buchhandlung, page 52a
- ^ Dawkins, R. M. (1916) Modern Greek in Asia Minor: A study of dialect of Silly, Cappadocia and Pharasa, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, page 605b
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