κουνουπίδι

Greek

Etymology
  • 1. From Ottoman Turkish قرنابيت‎ (karnabit), [script needed] (kunnebit), from Arabic قَرْنَبِيط‎ (qarnabīṭ), قُنَّبِيط‎ (qunnabīṭ).[1] Doublet of καρναμπίτι (karnampíti).
  • 2. From Medieval Byzantine Greek κουνουπίδιν (kounoupídin) (12th century)[2] Probably from a noun *κανωπίδιον, diminutive of Hellenistic κάνωπον (kánōpon, “a kind of short tree or bush”) of uncertain etymon.[3][4] (see city of Κάνωπος).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kunuˈpiði/
  • Hyphenation: κου‧νου‧πί‧δι

Noun

κουνουπίδι • (kounoupídi) n (plural κουνουπίδια)

  1. cauliflower
    Greek taxonomic binominal: Βρασική η λαχανώδης ποικ. η Βοτρύτης

Declension
declension of κουνουπίδι
singular plural
nominative κουνουπίδι • κουνουπίδια •
genitive κουνουπιδιού • κουνουπιδιών •
accusative κουνουπίδι • κουνουπίδια •
vocative κουνουπίδι • κουνουπίδια •

Descendants
  • → Albanian: kunipidhë
  • → Bulgarian: конопи́ди (konopídi)
  • → Romanian: conopidă

Synonyms

See also

κουνουπίδι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el

References
  1. Meyer, Gustav (1891), “kunipiδe”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, pages 214–215
  2. κουνουπίδι in Kriaras, Emmanuel. (n.d.) Επιτομή του Λεξικού της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας [Concise Dictionary of Medieval Vulgar Greek Literature (1100‑1669) Vols. I‑XIV.] (in Greek), Online edition
    The word found in 12th century Prodromic manuscripts.
  3. κουνουπίδι in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  4. Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), “κουνουπίδι”, in Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
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