κιάλι
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Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian occhiali (“eyeglasses”), the apheresis perhaps resulting via crasis of article το (to) with an earlier Byzantine Greek ὀκκιάλιν (okkiálin).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
κιάλι • (kiáli) n
- scope, telescope, spyglass, field glass; a portable optical instrument containing a lens used for magnification to see distant objects
- (in the plural) See κιάλια (kiália, “binoculars, spyglasses, opera glasses”).
Declension[edit]
declension of κιάλι
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- κιάλι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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