νταντά

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Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ﺩﺍﺩﻯ (dadı) (see Turkish dadı), from Persian دادا (dâdâ).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daˈda/
  • Hyphenation: ντα‧ντά

Noun

νταντά (ntantáf (plural νταντάδες)

  1. (familiar) nanny, nursemaid (a woman or girl employed to care for children)
    Near-synonyms: τροφός f (trofós), γκουβερνάντα f (gkouvernánta)

Declension

References

  1. ^ νταντά, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language