vraka

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English

Cretan peasant wearing a characteristic Cretan vraka. The end of the woman's long vraka is seen near her shoes.

Etymology

Transliteration of Modern Greek βράκα (vráka), from Medieval Greek, a singular feminine noun from the Hellenistic plural of Koine Greek βράκες (brákes), from Latin bracae. Doublet of breech.

Noun

vraka (plural vrakes)

  1. (traditional local clothing) (A pair of) baggy breeches worn in the Balkans, the Greek islands (especially Crete) and in Cyprus chiefly by men but also by women

See also

References

  1. ^ βράκα [vráka]”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
  2. ^ βράκα - Kriaras, Emmanuel (1969-) Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας (Epitomí tou Lexikoú tis Mesaionikís Ellinikís Dimódous Grammateías) [Concise Dictionary of the Kriaras' Dictionary of Medieval Vulgar Greek Literature (1100–1669) Vols. 1–14. Vols 15- under I. Kazazes.)] (in Greek), Thessaloniki: Centre for the Greek language Online edition (abbreviations) Printed edition 2022: 22 vols.)
  3. ^ βράκες ”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

vraka n

  1. definite plural of vrak

Verb

vraka

  1. inflection of vrake:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

vraka n

  1. definite plural of vrak

Swedish

Verb

vraka (present vrakar, preterite vrakade, supine vrakat, imperative vraka)

  1. to sort out and reject (something)
  2. (with bort (away)) to sell (something) at a bargain price
  3. (dated) to driftnet

Usage notes

Uncommon outside the derived terms in contemporary Swedish.

Conjugation

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