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300 Turkish words we say every day

The Greek language may be characterized and “rich”, but over time, several words of Turkish origin have been introduced into the Greek vocabulary. Words that may be so common that we do not believe it when we read it like grossouzi, lazy, crippled, watermelon, pocket, cap, shoe and many more.

Take a look at the list below

ALANI (bum),
ALANA (open space),
AGAS (despotic-authoritarian),
AGIAZI (morning or night cold),
YOGHURT
(condensed milk), WATERMELON (water melon),
MENEXES (fragrant flower
),
TOUCH container),
cUP (cup)
pOCKET (follicle)
cEILING (roof),
fireplace (inglenook),
KAIKI (boat),
MELTEMI (annual wind),
MANAVIS (greengrocer)
BAKALIS (grocer)
GLENTI (fun)
KAVGAS (quarrel), KEFI (cheerfulness
),
HATIRI (grace),
DERTI (misery),
DAVANTOURI (confusion), TSIMBOUKI (tobacco syringe
),
Butchers (butcher),
a storage (wardrobe),
DERVENI (musty),
Bayrak (Flag),
TSOMPANIS (shepherd-shepherd)
VEST (perithorakion),
wind (ad-new),
Jaap (building)
GIAKAS (collar),
GIARMAS (peach),
GINATI (stubbornness),
YOUROUSI (attack),
GEMI (bridle),
GOURI (luck),
GROUSOUZIS (unlucky),
GAIDA (ascavlos),
ERGENIS (unmarried),
la zamana (large
) ,
ZORI (difficulty),
ZOUMPOULI (hyacinth),
KAVOUKI (
kavkalo),
KAVOURDIZO ( toast-dry), KAZANI (boiler),
KASMAS (pickaxe-hoe),
KALEMI (stylus),
KALOUPI (matrix-model),
KALPIKOS (counterweight ), KAPAKI (
cover-cover),
KAROULI (guard-watchtower ), KUVAS
(bucket-vase),
NTIPO )
KATSIKA (yeanling-goat)
bargain (unexpected finding),
mINCED (chopped meat),
kIOSK (kiosk)
packages (ease-comfort),
KOLAOUZOS (driver),
eyelets (buckle)
KOTZAM (huge-thumping)
KOTSANI (stem),
KAFASI (box),
KOTSI (ankle),
KOUVARDAS (generous-open-handed),
KOUBARAS (money container),
KOUSOURI (defect-disadvantage),
At random (unwise-casually)
burrows (cloaca-culvert),
LAPAS (slurry),
LEVENTIS (stout-efstalis)
LEKES (spot),
Stork (Stork),
Lucia (water pipe),
yeast (yeast-brewer’s yeast),
brazier ( brazier)
MAGKOUFIS (desert),
PARSLEY (parsley-makedonisi),
electuary (drug),
barge (barge),
sorrow (tabes),
widget (small gear)
MASOURI (small wood),
MAHALAS (district),
meze (starters ),
HINGES (faucet),
MERAKI (desire),
MEREMETI (repair-repair),
MUSAMAS (waxed-waterproof fabric),
MOUSAFIRIS (guest-visitor),
Stale (not fresh),
BAGLARONO (truss-cage),
BALTAS (ax),
okra (Hibiscus the edible),
DAD (father),
BABALIS (the very old)
BAXES (orchard-garden),
GUNPOWDER (gunpowder),
leg (tibia-strands),
BATZANAKIS (sygampros-synnyfada)
BATIRISA (bankrupt-crash),
spice (aromatic flavoring),
BEKRIS (sot),
BELAS (irritation),
POUSTIS-BINES (kinaidos-profligate),
paints (paint-color ),
BOGIATZIS (oil painter)
BOI (height-height),
BOLIKOS (abundant),
BOSTANI (vegetable garden),
BOSIKOS (loose), BOUZI
(ice-cold),
Bulldozer (thick crowd-disordered plurality)
BOULOUKOS (well-fed-plump),
BOUNTALAS (dumb-fool),
dungeon (prison)
Buri (flues),
can (Storm)
Bout (femur),
are fed (saturation),
NAZI (kamoma-
filiareskeia ), DAMARI (vein-quarry),
DAMPLAS (stroke),
DANDA (nanny-
breadwinner ), DARAVERI (transaction-sale),
DELALIS (interlocutor),
NTELIS (insane),
DIVATH
,
NTIV (gloom-smoke),
DOUNIAS (world-humanity),
PAZARI (market-negotiation),
PANTZARI (red beet-beet),
PATZOURI (shutter),
SHOE (shoe),
sill (door frame),
rice (rice),
RACHATI (quiet)
SAKATIS (disabled),
SAMATAS (noise),
chest (box),
shirts (bitter, heavy),
guild (guild, social class)
fountain (jet),
syrup (viscous sugar solution),
Saida (intelligent),
favors (favoritism service),
pLASTER (plaster),
CGI (origin-genus),
SOKAKI (road),
stove (heater),
body shape (shape-shaped ),
TABLE (stroke-syncope),
TAPI (without money),
TARAMAS (roe),
ASHT (ashtray),
TAHINI (ground sesame),
TRAY (cooking pot),
TEKES (dive)
TEMPELIS (lazy-drone)
tricks (trick-delusion)
TEFARIKI (fine-masterpiece),
notebook (ledger)
MOSQUE (pane-glass),
bunch (free),
TZANAMPETIS (crusty-splenetic),
bALL (balloon)
Touloumis (pouch),
churros (pump)
TOUMPEKI (silence),
eXCHANGE TIME (exchange),
Tsairi (LEA-grazing),
jackals (Athos)
TSAKIRIS (blue-eyed)
Tsakmakis ( lighter),
BAG (leather case),
TSANTIRI (tent),
TSAPATSOULIS (homeless-steel),
TSARKA (raid-wandering),
TSANTIZO (infuriate-offend),
TSACHPINIS (crook-Sly),
hooks (claw-iron hook)
TSIFOUTIS-TSIGKOUNIS (miser)
Tsiraki (sequence),
pee (urine),
TSIFTIS (flawless-capable),
bag (bag),
Wisp (hair bundle)
TZOGLANI (new)
TSOPANIS (shepherd)
DUSTPAN (shovel-skoupidologos)
farce (perfectly-fluent),
seedling (nursery),
peanuts (pistaki),
wick (wick),
FOUKARAS (poor-miserable)
HAZELNUT (hazel-leftokaro) ,
FRANZOLA (bread),
XABOYZA (water tank),
HAZI (pleasure),
HALALIZO (forgiveness ), CARPET
(wretched),
CARPET (carpet),
CHALKAS (ring),
CHAMALIS (Porter),
CHANI (inn),
pills (pills),
Haram (unjustly),
HARMANIS (chasisopotis),
pocket money (small amount),
Havasu (musician object)
CHAFIES (informer),
snooze (rest),
Hui (Maggot ),
HUNERI (suffering-deception)

Source: athensmagazine.gr

Link: http://www.athensmagazine.gr/portal/bestofathens/articles/6333