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Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic بواب (bawwāb).
Noun
μπουάπης • (bouápis) m (plural μπουάπηδες)
- (Egyptiot) doorman, gatekeeper
- Synonym: θυρωρός m (thyrorós) (Standard Modern Greek)
Declension
- μπουάπα f (bouápa) (Egyptiot Greek)
References
- Δελβερούδη, Ρέα (Delveroúdi, Réa) (2019 October 22) Αιγυπτιώτικα: ένα γλωσσικό ιδίωμα υπό εξαφάνιση (;) [Egyptiot: an idiom under extinction (?)] (Language, society and ethnography) (in Greek), University of the Aegean