στράφι

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Greek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Turkish israf (plus στ- from a preceding definite article), from Arabic إِسْرَاف (ʔisrāf).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈstɾa.fi/
  • Hyphenation: στρά‧φι

Adverb

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στράφι • (stráfi)

  1. (only in the verb phrase πάω στράφι): (to go) to waste, down the drain
    Synonym: χαμένος (chaménos, participle)

References

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  1. ^ στράφι, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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