پنتی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Armenian փնթի (pʻntʻi, “slovenly, untidy”), from Middle Armenian փնթի (pʻntʻi).

Adjective

پنتی • (pinti)

1. stingy, miserly, mean, tight-fisted, unwilling to spend, objectionably cautious with money

   Synonyms: پیس (pis), جمری (cimri), خسیس (hasîs), ناكس (nekes)

2. slovenly, shabby, unkempt, scruffy, habitually careless or negligent with regard to appearance

Derived terms

• پنتیلك (pintilik, “stinginess, avarice”)
• پنتیلمك (pintilemek, “to become dirty and shabby”)

Descendants

• Turkish: pinti

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փնթի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 507ab
• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “پنتی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 410
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “pinti1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3857
• Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 747, pages 148–149
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “پنتی”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 127a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “پنتی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 324
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “pinti”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Pedersen, Holger (1906) “Armenisch und die Nachbarsprachen”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der Indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 39, number 3, page 463
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پنتی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 453
• Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “پنتی”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 359

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Armenian փնթի (pʻntʻi).

Adjective

پنتی • (penti)

1. slovenly