ξεραντέρ'

Pontic Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Byzantine Greek ξηραντήριον (xērantḗrion).

Noun

ξεραντέρ' (xerantér') n (Kotyora, Santa, Trapezounta, Chaldia)

1. a place for storing and drying certain cereals and for keeping garden vegetables from rotting

   Τα λαζούτα̤ φέρε σο ξεραντέρ'. ― Ta lazoútä fére so xerantér'. ― Take the corn to kseranter

Alternative forms

• ξεραντέριν (xerantérin) — Kerasounta
• ξεραντέρι (xerantéri) — Ophitic
• ξεραντά̤ρ' (xerantä́r') — Chaldia

Derived terms

• ξεραντερόπον (xeranterópon, diminutive)

Related terms

• ξεραντούδι (xerantoúdi)

Descendants

• → Turkish: serender, serander (Artvin, Trabzon), sarender (Akçaabat), serendi (Ordu, Giresun, Rize, Bolu), serende (Rize, Bolu), serente (Bolu), serenti (Giresun, Sivas), selender (Gümüşhane, Erzurum)
  • → Armenian: սերենդեր (serender) — Hamshen
  • → Laz: სერენთი (serenti), სეენთი (seenti) — alternative spelling, სერენდერი (serenderi) — Jigetore, სერენდე (serende) — Jigetore, Artasheni, Firtina Valley, სერენდი (serendi) — Vizha, სელენდერი (selenderi) — Chkhala

References

• Asan, Ömer (2000) Pontos Kültürü (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Belge Yayınları, page 364a
• Ioannídis, Sávvas (1870) Ιστορία και στατιστική Τραπεζούντος και της περί ταύτην χώρας ως και τα περί της ενταύθα ελληνικής γλώσσης (in Greek), Constantinople: Τυπογρ. Ι. Α. Βρετού, page κδʹ
• Öztürk, Özhan (2017) “Serander, Mazı, Paska, Nayla, Bagen (Tahıl ambarları)”, in Özhan Öztürk Makaleleri: Mitoloji, Gezi, Tarih‎^[1] (in Turkish), retrieved 2023-04-02
• Papadópoulos, Ánthimos (1961) “ξεραντέριν”, in Ιστορικόν λεξικόν της ποντικής διαλέκτου [An historical dictionary of the Pontic dialect] (Παράρτημα περιοδικού «Αρχείον Πόντου»; 3), volume II, Athens: Myrtidis
• Tursun, Vahit (2021) “ξεραντέρι”, in Romeika – Türkçe Sözlük : Trabzon Rumcası, 2nd edition, Istanbul: Heyamola Yayınları, page 378a
• Tzitzilis, Christos (1987) Griechische Lehnwörter im Türkischen (mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der anatolischen Dialekte) (Schriften der Balkan-Kommission, philologische Abteilung; 33)‎^[2] (in German), Vienna: Academy Press, § 362, page 93