tãvani

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek ταβάνι (taváni), from Ottoman Turkish تاوان (tavan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): ,
  • Hyphenation: tã‧va‧ni

Noun

tãvani f (plural tavanj)

  1. ceiling

References

  • Cunia, Tiberius (2010) “tãvani”, in Dictsiunar a Limbãljei Armãneascã (in Aromanian), Constanța: Editura Cartea Aromãnã, page 1005
  • Papahagi, T. (1974) “tăvâne”, in Dicționarul dialectului aromân, general și etimologic, 2nd edition (overall work in Romanian and French), Bucharest, page 1173
  • Nikolaḯdis, K. (1909) “τᾰβάνε”, in Ετυμολογικόν λεξικόν της Κουτσοβλαχικής γλώσσης [Etymologikón lexikón tis Koutsovlachikís glóssis] (in Greek), Athens: Τύποις Π. Δ. Σακελλαρίου [Týpois P. D. Sakellaríou], page 520