κουτουράδα

Greek

Etymology

From κουτουρού (koutouroú). 2 Possibilities exist:

• From either Ottoman Turkish كوتردی (kütürdü, kütürtü) or كوتور (kütür) both with the meaning related to a crashing or cracking or hard hitting sound from كوت (küt) or كوت كوت (küt küt) which are likely onomatopoeic. The semantic shift from a type of hard sound to stupidity or foolishness is unexplained and is likely a Greek innovation.

• From Ottoman Turkish كوتورم (kötürüm, “paralyzed, crippled, bedridden”). The semantic shift here is more viable but the missing final consonant /m/ is less explainable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.tuˈɾa.ða/

Noun

κουτουράδα • (koutouráda) f

1. stupidity, foolishness

Declension

Declension of κουτουράδα

	singular	plural
nominative	κουτουράδα (koutouráda)	κουτουράδες (koutourádes)
genitive	κουτουράδας (koutourádas)	κουτουράδων (koutourádon)
accusative	κουτουράδα (koutouráda)	κουτουράδες (koutourádes)
vocative	κουτουράδα (koutouráda)	κουτουράδες (koutourádes)