ζέρδελο
Greek
Alternative forms
- ζέρταλο (zértalo), ζερδελί (zerdelí), ζερδαλί (zerdalí), ζέρζελο (zérzelo)
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek ζαρταλοῦ (zartaloû), ζαρζαλοῦ (zarzaloû) and others to be presumed, also already in the last quarter of the fifteenth century ζαρταλούδι (zartaloúdi), from Old Anatolian Turkish زردالو (zerdalu, “apricot”), from Persian زردآلو (zard-âlu, “apricot”, literally “yellow plum”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzeɾ.ðe.lo/
- Hyphenation: ζέρ‧δε‧λο
Noun
ζέρδελο • (zérdelo) n (plural ζέρδελα)
- (dialect) apricot
- Synonyms: βερίκοκο (veríkoko), καΐσι (kaḯsi) (standard)
Usage notes
This is the most common among various dialectal forms derived from the Turkish and signifying the apricot fruit. These are used in the regions of Thrace, Epirus, Thessaly, the Northern Aegean isles, and formerly Asia Minor; in Macedonia, the dialectal καΐσι (kaḯsi) is more common, and in Southern Greece the standard βερίκοκο (veríkoko) is dominant. In Cyprus and the Dodecanese, χρυσόμηλο (chrysómilo) is used instead.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ζέρδελο • | ζέρδελα • |
| genitive | ζέρδελου • | ζέρδελων • |
| accusative | ζέρδελο • | ζέρδελα • |
| vocative | ζέρδελο • | ζέρδελα • |
Derived terms
- ζαρταλούδι n (zartaloúdi, “apricot cultivar with very bitter kernel”) (dialectal, Thrace), also ζαρνταλούδι (zarntaloúdi), ντζαρταλούδι (dzartaloúdi), ταρταλούδι (tartaloúdi)
References
- Du Cange, Charles du Fresne (1688) Glossarium ad Scriptores Mediae & Infimae Graecitatis, Leiden: Posuel & Rigaud, column 459
- Menos Filindas (Μένος Φιλήντας) (1927) Γλωσσογνωσία και γλωσσογραφία ελληνική (in Greek), volume Α, Athens: Εκδοτικός Οίκος "Αθηνά", pages 142-144
- Shukurov, Rustam (2016) The Byzantine Turks, 1204–1461 (The medieval Mediterranean; 105), Leiden: Brill, DOI:, →ISBN, pages 324–235