tãvani

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• tãvane

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek ταβάνι (taváni), from Ottoman Turkish تاوان (tavan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɨˈva.ni], [təˈva.ni]
• Hyphenation: tã‧va‧ni

Noun

tãvani f (plural tavanj)

1. ceiling

References

• Cunia, Tiberius (2010) “tãvani”, in Dictsiunar a Limbãljei Armãneascã (in Aromanian), Constanța: Editura Cartea Aromãnã, page 1005
• Papahagi, T. (1974) “tăvâne”, in Dicționarul dialectului aromân, general și etimologic, 2nd edition (overall work in Romanian and French), Bucharest, page 1173
• Nikolaḯdis, K. (1909) “τᾰβάνε”, in Ετυμολογικόν λεξικόν της Κουτσοβλαχικής γλώσσης [Etymologikón lexikón tis Koutsovlachikís glóssis] (in Greek), Athens: Τύποις Π. Δ. Σακελλαρίου [Týpois P. D. Sakellaríou], page 520