πατσαβούρα

πατσαβούρα

Greek

Alternative forms

• πατσαβούρι n (patsavoúri) (less frequent)

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetian spazzadura with deletion of [s] and [d>ð>v], from Italian spazzatura, spazzare, from Latin spatior, spatium.[1][2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.tsaˈvu.ɾa/
• Hyphenation: πα‧τσα‧βού‧ρα

Noun

πατσαβούρα • (patsavoúra) f (plural πατσαβούρες)

1. a swab, rag, any dirty cloth
2. any squashed piece of cloth or paper
3. (figuratively) stupid or promiscuous woman
4. (figuratively) disreputable printed medium (newspaper, etc)

Declension

declension of πατσαβούρα

	singular	plural
nominative	πατσαβούρα •	πατσαβούρες •
genitive	πατσαβούρας •	—
accusative	πατσαβούρα •	πατσαβούρες •
vocative	πατσαβούρα •	πατσαβούρες •

Related terms

• παλιοπατσαβούρα f (paliopatsavoúra, “dirty old swab”)
• πατσαβουριάζω (patsavouriázo, “squash”)
• πατσαβουρόπιτα f (patsavourópita, “kind of cake with squashed phyllo”)

Descendants

• → Turkish: paçavra

References

1. πατσαβούρα in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
2. Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), “πατσαβούρα”, in Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre