καλακόνι

Cappadocian Greek

FWOTD – 7 April 2020

Etymology

Related to Old Armenian գայլիկոն (gaylikon), possibly borrowed from it.[1][2] Note also Pontic Greek καλακονώ (kalakonó).

Noun

καλακόνι (kalakóni)[3][4][5]

  1. (Pharasa) borer, gimlet (tool for cutting holes)

Derived terms

  • καλακονίζω (kalakonízo)

References

  1. Bugge, Sophus (1893) “Beiträge zur etymologischen Erläuterung der armenischen Sprache”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung (in German), volume 32, page 10
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գայլիկոն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 513
  3. Karolídis, Pávlos (1885) Γλωσσάριον συγκριτικόν ελληνοκαππαδοκικών λέξεων (in Greek), Smyrna: O Týpos, page 165
  4. Lagarde, Paul de (1886) Neugriechisches aus Kleinasien (Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen; 33) (in German), Göttingen: Dieterichsche Verlags-Buchhandlung, page 52a
  5. Dawkins, R. M. (1916) Modern Greek in Asia Minor: A study of dialect of Silly, Cappadocia and Pharasa, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, page 605b

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