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Aromanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek ταβάνι (taváni), from Ottoman Turkish تاوان (tavan).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): ,
- Hyphenation: tã‧va‧ni
Noun
tãvani f (plural tavanj)
- 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