avanie

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French

Etymology

    Inherited from Old French aveinie, from Italian avania, from Byzantine Greek ἀβανία (abanía, cfr. modern Greek αβανιά (avaniá) “defamation, slander”), possibly from Arabic خَوَّان (ḵawwān, “unreliable, treacherous”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /a.va.ni/
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    • Rhymes: -i

    Noun

    avanie f (plural avanies)

    1. (historical) avania (Ottoman tax)
    2. (figuratively, by extension) affront, insult; snub

    Descendants

    • → Polish: awania

    Further reading

    Italian

    Noun

    avanie f pl

    1. plural of avania
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