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Greek
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish پرده (perde, “curtain, screen, vail”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beɾˈdes/
- Hyphenation: μπερ‧ντές
Noun
μπερντές • (berntés) m (plural μπερντέδες)
- (colloquial) curtain
- Synonyms: κουρτίνα (kourtína), παραπέτασμα (parapétasma)
- the screen used in shadow puppetry
- Synonym: καραγκιόζ μπερντές (karagkióz berntés)
- (by extension) a performance of shadow puppetry
- Synonym: θέατρο σκιών (théatro skión)
Declension
Derived terms
- καραγκιόζ μπερντές (karagkióz berntés, “screen used in shadow puppetry; a ludicrous, pitiful situation”)
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