λουλούδι

Greek

Etymology

  • Three possibilities from Babiniotis[1]:
    1. Byzantine Greek [Term?], from Albanian lule or lulediell (“sunflower”)
    2. From λειρίδιον (leirídion)/λειλίδιον (leilídion), from Koine Greek λειρίον (leiríon, “lily”)
    3. From Ancient Greek *λίλιον (*lílion) (from Latin lilium (“lily”)) + -ούδι (-oúdi, diminutive)
  • From Kriaras[2]:
    Possibly from *λίλιον (*lílion), from Latin lilium (“lily”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [luˈluði]
  • Hyphenation: λου‧λού‧δι

Noun

λουλούδι • (louloúdi) n (plural λουλούδια)

  1. flower

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

see: αγριολούλουδο n (agrioloúloudo, “wild flower”)

References

  1. ↑ Babiniotis, Georgios (2008) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary] (in Greek), 3rd edition, Athens: Lexicology Centre
  2. ↑ Kriaras, Emmanuel (1995) Νέο ελληνικό λεξικό της σύγχρονης δημοτικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary of the Contemporary Demotic Language, Written and Spoken], Athens: Ekdotike Athenon
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