τζαμπέ
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Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- τσαμπέ (tsampé)
Etymology
[edit]From τζάμπ(α) (tzámp(a)) (from Ottoman Turkish جابا (caba, “gratis, free of charge”)) + adverb suffix -έ (-é), from French -é, with extended use for non-French loanwords.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]τζαμπέ • (tzampé)
- Informal form of τζάμπα (tzámpa).
References
[edit]- ^ «τσαμπέ» s.v. "-έ", in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language