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Finnish
Noun
pelit
- nominative plural of peli
Anagrams
Indonesian
Etymology
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Adjective
pêlit
- ungenerous, stingy, mean
- Synonyms: bakhil, kikir, lokek, kedekut, okok
Derived terms
Ladino
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish پلیت (“acorn”), from Arabic بلّوط (ballūṭ), from Aramaic בְּלוּטָא / ܒܠܘܛܐ (bəllūṭā, ballūṭā, “oak; acorn”).
Noun
pelit m
- a strong, resilient, or sturdy person (by allusion to the toughness of an acorn)
Further reading
- Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “pelít”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 425
Maranao
Noun
pelit
- dam
References
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French pélite.
Noun
pelit n (plural pelite)
- pelite
Declension
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish پلیت (“acorn; valonia”), from Arabic بلّوط (ballūṭ).
Noun
pelit (definite accusative peliti, plural pelitler)
- acorn
Declension
Synonyms
References
- “pelit”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu