https://www.nektariaanastasiadou.com/a-recipe-for-daphne daily 0.75 2026-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1588089879567-101QBZTXPBZTWKPVQEVO/RecipeforDaphne_front+final_low.jpg A Recipe for Daphne https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1587017726940-2W7OCDEFF6DY5E0KYLP1/ARecipeforDaphne A Recipe for Daphne You can order from your local bookstore anywhere in the world or from the internet, including the following: US & Canada: Indiepubs, Books Are Magic, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org UK: uk.bookshop.org, Waterstones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/f4535fba-e5c8-4b28-a7cb-07faa0124629/greatgroupreads.jpeg A Recipe for Daphne - A Recipe for Daphne was chosen as one of twenty 2021 Great Group Reads by the Women’s National Book Association, founded in New York in 1917 by female booksellers excluded from all-male bookselling organisations. Since then, WNBA has been dedicated to supporting women and marginalized voices in the literary world. https://www.nektariaanastasiadou.com/about daily 0.75 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/ce61c007-cb39-47ba-88a1-22d6342f0384/ILTwaitingasimi.jpeg About Nektaria Anastasiadou Writer Waiting to give a talk about multilingualism in fiction writing at the University of Iowa, October 31, 2023. https://www.nektariaanastasiadou.com/greek daily 0.75 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/ee04eb3f-ed9a-4cd6-b401-50627b200410/Twitter.jpeg Για την Αναστασιάδου Μαζί με τον συγγραφέα Νίκο Σαραντάκο και τον δημοσιογράφο Θέμη Ροδαμίτη στη βιβλιοπαρουσίαση του Στα Πόδια της Αιώνιας Άνοιξης. Καφέ Φίλιον, Αθήνα, 2 Δεκεμβρίου, 2023. Φωτ: Γιασεμή Τρίχου. “Η Νεκταρία Αναστασιάδου αποτελεί μια ξεχωριστή περίπτωση συγγραφέα. Στα μυθιστορήματά της αφήνει στην άκρη τη ρομαντική νοσταλγία του παρελθόντος και μιλά με ζωντάνια, και ειλικρίνεια για την ελληνική κοινότητα της Πόλης. Ακροβατώντας ανάμεσα στο χθες και το σήμερα, τα βιβλία της συγγραφέως αντανακλούν την ιδιαίτερη κουλτούρα του μικρασιατικού ελληνισμού. Μια κουλτούρα που έως σήμερα παραμένει πολύγλωσση, αυθεντική και φύσει κοσμοπολίτικη. Ασυμβίβαστη, όσο και η ηρωίδα της Αθηνά, η Νεκταρία Αναστασιάδου επιλέγει συνειδητά να γράφει στα πολίτικα, τα οποία έως σήμερα παραμένουν αναπόσπαστο κομμάτι της πλούσιας πολιτιστικής παράδοσης των Κωνσταντινουπολιτών…Με μόλις δύο μυθιστορήματα, η Νεκταρία Αναστασιάδου συγκαταλέγεται στις πιο φρέσκες ελληνικές λογοτεχνικές φωνές των τελευταίων ετών.” -Public Blog https://www.nektariaanastasiadou.com/contact-me daily 0.75 2023-12-12 https://www.nektariaanastasiadou.com/trke daily 0.75 2025-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1602573899237-0YS1JTM21WREZPDEONP0/Buyukada+Iskele.jpg Türkçe Paros dergisinden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1602574322992-8L9WDJA7WS0CD0333J12/119685559_964790394040791_6768959530966428787_n.jpg Türkçe https://www.nektariaanastasiadou.com/politika daily 0.75 2023-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1622287360391-0WKHV7TKB1PH89KHLCZZ/salkimi.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - σαλκίμι/salkími Istanbul Greek Idiom #1: Whereas wisteria is called γλυσίνα/glysina in Athens, in Istanbul (as well as in many parts of Greece outside Athens), we call it σαλκίμι/salkími, borrowed from the Turkish salkım. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1622298881907-4FWLO7HEYHH2FWQF502A/bogaca.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - κεντιανό/kendianó Istanbul Greek Idiom #2: Whereas the Athenian word for snack is κολατσιό/kolatsio (from the Italian colazione, meaning breakfast), in Istanbul we call our afternoon snack κεντιανό/kendianó, because it is eaten near the time of the Muslim Turkish ikindi prayer. The afternoon is likewise called κεντί/kendí. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1622299138392-C32QHL9GAB7EK5NZ4NRT/20210407_160511.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - Κουλάς/Koulás Istanbul Greek Idiom #3: The Galata Tower is the Πύργος του Γαλατά/Pyrgos tou Galata for Greeks, but for us it is simply the Κουλάς/Koulás, from the Turkish kule. Ladino also uses the same word, Kula, for the monument of this traditionally Jewish neighbourhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1622299310249-QUSEO4BIWUGT576WGOHE/20210124_131938.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - νταλγκάς/dalgás Istanbul Greek Idiom #4: Dalga means wave, temporary love affair, and reverie in Turkish; in Istanbul Greek, νταλγκάς/dalgas means wave or obsession; in Greece, the same word (but sometimes spelled νταλκάς/dalkas) is used for longing and unrequited love. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626020778985-0H8769JM1AV874Y9AG28/%CE%BC%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BC%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B93.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - νάτο κεφάλι νάτο μερμέρι/nato kafa nato mermer Istanbul Greek Idiom #5: An expression that I use daily for my stubborn Karadenizli husband is νάτο κεφάλι νάτο μερμέρι, which passed into Turkish as nato kafa nato mermer. Literally: "here is the head, here is the marble." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626021022095-NUPO9V7CB5HHGDLTKAE4/%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BC%CE%AC%CF%83%CE%B9.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - κουμάσι/kumási Istanbul Greek Idiom #6: the word κουμάσι/kumási creates confusion in Greece, where it is used for both chicken coops and crooks. In Istanbul, we know that they come from two different Turkish words: kümes for coop and kumaş for cloth (a crook is made from bad cloth/material). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626021062634-LUZAJXZ8RTJ5NKTD7VCA/trahoma.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - τράχωμα/tráhoma Istanbul Greek Idiom #7: Τράχωμα/tráhoma means dowry in our idiom. It is a Byzantine Greek word that passed into Turkish & Ladino as drahoma. In Greece, however, the "dowry" meaning has been forgotten; and its homonym τράχωμα/trachoma refers to the eye disease trachoma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626021403116-KNM2OBJWKKAZL6AIN8SM/armeniki.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - Αρμένικη βίζιτα/Arméniki vízita Istanbul Greek Idiom #8: Αρμένικη βίζιτα/Arméniki vízita/Armenian visit is what we call the situation where the guests stay too long and don't seem to have any intention of leaving. I'll let my Armenian friends explain why. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626021524121-F2E4Q3VEFFDTQQY6QXOO/siktir.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - σικτίρ πιλάφι/siktír piláfi Istanbul Greek Idiom #9: Σικτίρ πιλάφι/siktír piláfi (f%@#-off pilav) is the last treat that you serve when you are tired of your guests and want to hint that they should leave. In the past, a sweet rice pilav was served to guests at Rum weddings as a sign that the party was over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626021667142-9LYEI3KAFIO4VO3Q2KPN/Kavafis.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - καβάφης/kaváfis Istanbul Greek Idiom #10: Καβάφης/kaváfis, famous as the surname of the great poet Cavafy, is the Istanbul Greek word for a cobbler of second-rate shoes or for a person who does shoddy work (loan from Turkish word kavaf). Alas, not a fitting surname for the perfectionist poet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626021985662-BZERMV8TWZZBF30MRBXL/%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%AC%CE%B6%CE%B9.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - αγιάζι/ayázi Istanbul Greek Idiom #11: Αγιάζι/ayázi: humid, piercing cold, especially on winter nights & early mornings (from the Turkish ayaz, which refers to dry cold). Although used in Greece as well, there is no place like Istanbul to understand the true meaning of ayazi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626022067570-OKN3B6AK55GRHRS36CLH/sardalya.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - σαρδελιά/sardeliá Istanbul Greek Idiom #12: Geranium (γεράνι/yeráni in Greece) is σαρδελιά/sarδeliá in Istanbul & Cretan Greek, τσαρτελλούιν/tsartellouin in Cypriot Greek and sardunya in Turkish. The word may have Greek origin and some connection with the Ancient city of Sardis (modern Sart). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626022330568-GJQ7023B0487X2APBM1J/sarmasiki.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - σαρμασίκι/ sarmasíki Istanbul Greek Idiom #13: Ivy, called κισσός/kissós in Greece, is σαρμασίκι/sarmasíki in Istanbul, from the Turkish sarmaşık. Sarmasiki is also the name of a nearly forgotten Rum parish/neighborhood south of Edirnekapı. (In photo: sarmasiki in our dear Yeniköy/Νιχώρι). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626189627224-H12TRVWSKICMQP91RUH1/kapelo.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - ντρίτος/drítos, ακατρεπάγκλ/à quatres épingles, τρίγκα/trínga Istanbul Greek Idiom #14: Dressing well is traditionally important in Rum culture & evidenced by the many words we have for "dressed to the nines," including ντρίτος (from Italian diritto), ακατρεπάγκλ (from French à quatres épingles) τρίγκα/tringa (possibly from French fringué). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626189724723-3DKAMGVEQMZUEIE1MGK4/%CF%83%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%B4%CE%B12.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - σκόρδα/skorδa Istanbul Greek Idiom #15: When you've done something commendable or are just looking fabulous and we don't want to give you the evil eye, we say σκόρδα/skorδa/garlic! Or σκόρδα νά 'χεις! May you have garlic! Which will of course avert the evil eye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626442688367-LYAJC6GS1NTNDD9FT4P2/manimani.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - μάνι-μάνι/mani-mani Istanbul Greek Idiom #16: Μάνι-μάνι/mani-mani is a favorite Istanbul adverb, used sometimes also in Greece, meaning "quickly" (from Italian mena le mani). In the video, the guys at the Mehmet Efendi counter in Eminönü wrap freshly ground coffee μάνι-μάνι/mani-mani. Click to see the video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626190032428-UA40CJ5CD54H1YSPLJ4N/poli.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - Πόλη/Póli Istanbul Greek Idiom #17: Formerly Byzantium, New Rome, Constantinoupolis, Kostantiniyye; today Istanbul; but if you ask an Istanbul Rum where he is from, he will reply "the Πόλη/Poli/City" because there is only One and no others compare. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626190899487-MFQMX99ENS3O9GT5YP8U/53E66686-5689-495F-A7B3-17D420C44622_1_201_a.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - Ρωμιός/Romiós (m) Ρωμέισσα/ Roméissa (f) Istanbul Greek Idiom #17: Ρωμιός/Romios (m) Ρωμέισσα/Romeissa (f) was a citizen of the Byzantine Emp. & an Orthodox Christian of the Ottoman Emp.; today an Orthodox Christian of Turkey (Rum in Turkish). The community's traditional mother tongue is Greek. Photo: Fener Rum Lycée https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626276801789-A9FI3JS0442LWKZZURNE/%CF%87%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B9.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - χουλιάρι/houliári Istanbul Greek Idiom #18: Our word for spoon is χουλιάρι/houliári from κοχλιάριον/kohliarion (some early spoons were shells -κοχλίας/kohlias- with handles). The word exists in Greece but is rarely used; Istanbul Greek, however, preserves the original Byzantine usage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626276883869-SH11DNW5W66R2OBAF2JU/%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B9.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - φάλι/fali Istanbul Greek Idiom #20: Φάλι/fali is augury, most commonly practiced with coffee grounds (both those left in the cup after drinking and those that end up in the saucer after turning the cup). From the Arabic "fal" for omen, which passed into both Turkish and Greek as augury. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626276952805-KG7XTS6XWMKHQ6OX6XSV/enginar.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - εγκινάρα/enginara Istanbul Greek Idiom #21: Called αγκινάρες αλά Πολίτα/angináres à la Polita in Greece and εγκινάρες/engináres here in Istanbul, where everything is à la Polita. From the Byzantine word αγκινάρα/anginara, which passed into Turkish as enginar and ping-ponged back to us as εγκινάρα/enginara. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626277089924-JM1OMEOS2EGYKAV88FS9/kundura.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - κουντουράς/kundurás Istanbul Greek Idiom #22: In Greece the shoemaker is τσαγκάρης/tsaŋgáris (from Persian), while in Istanbul Greek it is κουντουράς/kundurás or κουντουρατζής/kunduratzís from the Byzantine κούντουρα/kúndura (shoes). Turkish also uses the Byzantine words kundura & kunduracı. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626277235474-1E2LX5ZABRFXLS2YAWQF/%CE%BC%CE%BD%CE%AF%CF%83%CE%BA%CF%89.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - μνίσκω/mnísko Istanbul Greek Idiom #23: "Where do you live?" is not "πού μένεις;/pú ménis?" as in Greece, but " πού μνίσκεις;/pú mnískis?" The Byzantine verb μνίσκω is a derivative of μένω and is used for long-term living/inhabiting (μένω, on the other hand, is used for short term staying). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626422845255-FMAN2YUC7SHHJFE5G87N/pastrikia.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - πάστρα/pástra Istanbul Greek Idiom #24: Πάστρα/pástra=housecleaning; παστρεύω/pastrévo=to clean; παστρικιά/pastrikiá=clean woman. All come from the word σπάρτo/spárto/spartium junceum, from which brooms where made. Note: pastrikiá can mean prostitute (because good girls don't shower too much). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626436723468-9LIRV6YUUVQ0OIVULR3F/yali.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - γιαλί/yalí Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can Istanbul Greek Idiom #25: Α mansion on the shores of the Bosporus is called γιαλί/yalí. The word descends from the Ancient Greek αιγιαλός/eyialós (seashore) and has passed into Turkish as yalı. Photo: Tophane Müşiri Zeki Paşa Yalısı in Rumeli Hisarı. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626436823319-7TINJU5DZ1YYBEVG90DZ/taktaki.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - τακτάκι/taktáki Istanbul Greek Idiom #26: A door knocker in Greece is ρόπτρο/róptro, but in Istanbul Greek it is τακτάκι/taktáki, an onomatopoeia of the sound (tak-tak) that the knocker makes. Photo: the door of an 18th-century Levantine köşk on the Bosporus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626436952467-PZOU6OLUQJ8PUBKOXL49/tziva.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - τζίβα/tzíva Istanbul Greek Idiom #27: Τζίβα/tzíva is another name for σπάρτος/spartium junceum, from which brooms were made (see below yellow flowers on a Nişantaşı sidewalk). The word remained in our idiom with the meaning "very clean." Ex: Θα το κάμω τζίβα= I will make it sparkly clean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626437109890-LTB1GHQGFR2VBN10X9Z6/simit.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - σιμίτι/simíti Istanbul Greek Idiom #28: The bread ring called κουλούρι/kouloúri in Greece is a σιμίτι/simíti in Istanbul. Simíti may have Persian roots (passed into Turkish as simit), but a more likely possibility is the Ancient Greek σησαμίτης/sisamítis, a sesame-covered bread. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626437428109-FQVUVM00TS8BK21R09S7/%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CF%8C%CE%B3%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B1.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - τζαντόγρια/ tzadógria Istanbul Greek Idiom #29: Τζαντόγρια/tzadógria is one of my favourite Turkish-Greek hybridisms, from the Turkish cadı (witch) and the Greek γριά/griá (old woman), a combination that means "nasty old woman." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626437612370-D4EDUVMRHUG29Q1ZW3OM/20190422_210926.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - φαγιάνς/fayiáns Istanbul Greek Idiom #30: Φαγιάνς/fayiáns is the word we use for ceramic tile (called πλακάκια/plakákia in Greece). The word passed into Turkish (as fayans) and Istanbul Greek through French, but its roots are in Faenza, Italy, famous for its glazed pottery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626437801967-Z91A3BZDYTVQK8DJHYIC/20181231_171750.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - σεβντάς/sevdás Istanbul Greek Idiom #31: Σεβντάς/sevdás is one of those magical Arabic words that passed into both Turkish (as sevda) & Greek. It means passionate love, often ill-fated or melancholy. Its extreme version is καρασεβντάς/karasevdás, black sevda, a Turko-Arabic hybridism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626437945904-ZJY3R7QFP8SNKH5I3AYI/tenzeres.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - τεντζερές/ tendzerés Istanbul Greek Idiom #32: Although Greece borrowed its word for cooking pot, κατσαρόλα/katsaróla, from the Venetian cazzarola, in Istanbul we use τεντζερές/tendzerés, a word which came into Turkish (tencere) and Istanbul Greek through Persian and/or Arabic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626438227444-YXD5YKW0ZVDBCQKJ78XG/peskiri.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - προσόψι/prosópsi πεσκίρι/peskíri πεστεμάλι/ pestemáli Istanbul Greek Idiom #33: While πετσέτα/petséta is a towel in Greece (Italian pezzeta), in Istanbul we also use the more old-fashioned προσόψι/prosópsi (Medieval Greek), as well as πεσκίρι/peskíri or πεστεμάλι/pestemáli for hamam towels (from Persian through Turkish). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626438439873-KOV1H4SU4MDVQGQ1AR5N/yaprak.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - γιαπράκια/ yaprákia Istanbul Greek Idiom #34: In Greece, γιαπράκια/yaprákia are meat-stuffed grape or cabbage leaves w/ lemon-egg sauce; in Istanbul, γιαπράκι/yapráki is a grape leaf or a sheet of paper. From the Turkish word yaprak, which is any kind of leaf or sheet of paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626438541009-2MLI58J872LDVR0TS0BA/rende.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - ρεντές/rendés Istanbul Greek Idiom #35: In most of Greece a grater is called a τρίφτης/tríftis, but in Istanbul we call it a ρεντές/rendés (from Persian through Turkish). Instead of the verb τρίβω/trívo (when used for grating), we say κάμνω ρεντέ/kámno rendé. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626438606417-SF3GZ43W6UG9960O345E/%CE%BA%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%AC%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%B1.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - κιτάπι/kitápi Istanbul Greek Idiom #36: Κιτάπι/kitápi means book in Istanbul Greek (from Arabic kitab through Turkish kitap). In Greece the same word exists, but with a more specific meaning: record, log or account book or archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626438740643-GCSUA2DGEQU9O2598BYF/dutia2.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - ντούτια/dútia Istanbul Greek Idiom #37: Mulberries (& generic berries) are μούρα/moúra in Greece; in Istanbul they are ντούτια/dútia, from Arabic tut through Turkish dut. One of the great pleasures of Istanbul in June, as long as you don't slip on those fallen from trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626438832070-A6RD8NO0ATYWOTWRVZTD/maydanoz.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - μαϊντανός/ maïndanós Istanbul Greek Idiom #38: Parsely in Ancient Greek was πετροσέλινο/petrosélino, but because it flourished in Macedonia, it became known as μακεδονήσιον/makedonísion. The word was borrowed into Turkish as maydanoz & reborrowed into Greek (Istanbul & Greece) as μαϊντανός/maïndanós. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626438938009-O0BF94TDTDW4RT526L0R/boyaci.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - μπογιατζής/ boyadzís Istanbul Greek Idiom #39: We call a shoeshiner (or wall painter) a μπογιατζής/boyadzís (from Turkish boyacı). Λούστρος/loústros, the word used in Greece, fell out of use when the Greeks took to shining their own shoes. Ιn Istanbul, however, the boyadzís lives on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626439075439-CU1SUBF38LTFKU3EINCB/huevoshaminados.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - εβραίικα αυγά/evréïka avgá Istanbul Greek Idiom #40: Huevos haminados-eggs boiled all night until they brown-are a traditional Sephardic Shabbat dish. The Rum neighbours of the Jews who cooked huevos haminados came to call all overboiled eggs εβραίικα αυγά/evréika avgá: Jewish eggs. Term still used today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626439226330-TN1SOH9YRJAOEIM6KD33/semizoti.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - σεμιζότι/semizóti Istanbul Greek Idiom #41: Σεμιζότι/semizóti (from the Turkish semizotu) is another Istanbul delight in June, especially as salad with yoghurt and garlic sauce. It is called γλιστρίδα/glistrídha in Greece, where it is comparatively overlooked (except by Pontian grandmas). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626439387364-YYV3VIECAGG5BMET37K1/20210520_152107.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - τσατάλι/tsatáli Istanbul Greek Idiom #42: Τσατάλι/tsatáli is a slingshot (from Turkish çatal, which today means fork but used to mean pitchfork or an object in a Y-shape). Τσατάλα/tsatála is used in Northern Greece for slingshot; in Southern Greece, they are σφεντόνες/sfendónes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626439539821-4ON9XV29QV0HQX2XHV5J/kayisi.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - καΐσια/kaísia Istanbul Greek Idiom #43: A fruit with a tangled past. Called βερίκοκα/veríkoka in Greece (related to Latin/Greek praecocia/πραικόκια which passed into Arabic as berkuk & then on to Europe); called simply καΐσια/kaísia in Istanbul (from Arabic kaysi through Turkish kayısı). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626439679878-KBFTBDJFQAS54J2H7422/nane.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - νανές/nanés Istanbul Greek Idiom #44: In Istanbul we use the musical word νανές/nanés, from Arabic nana through Turkish nane, for spearmint; in Greece δυόσμος/diósmos, from Ancient ηδύοσμος/idíosmos, meaning "that which smells sweetly"... especially at the pazar on a rainy Istanbul morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626439974490-OH3Z5IIRV1PZX3ZJ8CN7/IMG-8681.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - ρεγάλο/regálo Istanbul Greek Idiom #45: While in Greece a gift is a δώρο/dóro, in Istanbul we call it a ρεγάλο/regálo, from the Italian. Photo: the best regalo of all, fresh rose jam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626441398282-JESDHNXJFR7IJ3RYVEO6/misiri.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - μισίρι/misíri Istanbul Greek Idiom #46: We call corn μισίρι/misíri, from Arabic Miṣr through Turkish Mısır, meaning "Egypt" (corn was referred to as Egyptian wheat). Greece uses the Albanian-rooted word καλαμπόκι/kalambóki, but its official name is αραβόσιτος/aravósitos, meaning Arab wheat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626441532634-MJBILO1NFT1BC6SDNLA4/kepenkia.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - κεπέγκια/kepéngia Istanbul Greek Idiom #47: We call roll-down shutters κεπέγκια/kepéngia, from Turkish kepenk (in Greece ρολά/rolá from Venetian rolo). Κατεβάζω κεπέγκια/katevázo kepéngia ("I lower the shutters") means to go bankrupt...which fortunately has not happened to this place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626442959654-R19YF9GHSTHBO2H7T4U1/kalderim.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - καλντερίμι/ kalderími Istanbul Greek Idiom #48: Cobblestone is καλντερίμι/kalderími, from Turkish kaldırım. We also use the Turko-Arabic hybrid καλντερίμ μουχεντίσης/kaldirím mouhendísis (kaldırım mühendisi/sidewalk engineer) for loafers and idlers. Click to see the video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626962540305-ACEBZSBMB5EV7JF0A938/maskara.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - μάσκαρα/máskara Istanbul Greek Idiom #49: While in Greece mask is μάσκα/máska from Italian masca, in Istanbul it is μάσκαρα/máskara from Ladino maskara (in Greece, however, μάσκαρα/máskara is the eyelash cosmetic). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626962620451-KR5UVI3IM2F26U01WHLO/kalem.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - καλέμι/kalémi Istanbul Greek Idiom #50: Τhe Greeks reborrowed στυλός/stylós from the French who borrowed Greek στυλογράφος/stylοgráfos, but we use the Mediterranean traveller καλέμι/kalémi from Turkish kalem, from Arabic kalam, from Ancient Greek κάλαμος/kálamos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626962724982-OFHKO2IK1T2ZHF28E9XL/%CF%84%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%83%CE%B9.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - τσουμπούσι/ tsoumboúsi Istanbul Greek Idiom #54: Τσουμπούσι/ tsoumboúsi (pronounced τσιμπούσι/tsimboúsi in Greece) is a party with plenty of food & sometimes song & dance. Most likely from Ancient Greek συμπόσιο/sympósio (Turkish çümbüş & Persian cunbīş from same). Photo: Yeniköy Panayia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626962834175-HJIE6HC8JS12M95XTV6S/fayia1.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - φαγί/fayí, φαγιά/fayiá Istanbul Greek Idiom #52: Whereas in Greece the most common word for food is φαγητό/fayitó, we use the word φαγί/fayí, plural φαγιά/fayiá. Photo: Τα φαγιά/ta fayiá prepared by the lovely ladies of Yeniköy Panayia for a community banquet in honour of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626962990168-VEKPR00FZLZQPNB8TVP9/%CF%84%CF%83%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%83%CE%AF.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - τσαρσί/tsarsí Istanbul Greek Idiom #53:While the τσαρσί/tsarsí to Greeks (at least those who have visited Istanbul) denotes the Grand Bazaar or Kapalıçarşı, for Istanbul Rums a τσαρσί/tsarsí is any street or neighbourhood with shops (from Turkish çarşı from Persian çārsū meaning crossroads). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626963088761-OJM26C3XG4HEGBIXLA0J/%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AD%CF%81.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - καβανόζι/kavanózi Istanbul Greek Idiom #54: Whereas Greece uses the word βάζο/vázo (from Italian vaso) for jar, we use καβανόζι/kavanózi (reborrowed from Turkish kavanoz, borrowed from Byzantine γάβενος/gávenos). Photo: this year's sour cherry (βύσσινο/vişne) liqueur brewing in a giant kavanózi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626963330741-SZWEPGI7AFZ5D7DMBS7F/kotes.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - όρνιθα/órnitha Istanbul Greek Idiom #55: Live chickens are κότες/kótes but Greeks call slaughtered chicken κοτόπουλο/kotópoulo while we call it όρνιθα/órnitha or πουλί/poulí (latter: bird or male genitals in Greece). Confusion has arisen when Rum ladies have requested poulí at Athens butchers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626963407359-CBIV3R1AWTB7ZRR1ZKDD/arabas.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - αραμπάς/arabás Istanbul Greek Idiom #56: We call a horse-drawn carriage αραμπάς/arabás (from Turkish araba). We use the Central Greek word for horse (άλογο/álogo), but we use the literary plural αλόγατα/alógata. Άτι/áti, war horse, entered Medieval Greek from Turkish at (horse). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626963612463-NUIGRCLLDZJP49CYOEW7/yavri2.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - γιαβρί/yiavrí Istanbul Greek Idiom #57: We call a baby γιαβρί/yiavrí from Turkish yavru. In Greece you'll hear the term of endearment μωρό μου/moró mou, but in Istanbul we say γιαβρί μου/yiavrí mou. Photo: Our yiavrí at three months old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626963899703-A48C5XREV3SON0DZFRT9/bahce.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - μπαχτσές/ bahtsés Istanbul Greek Idiom #58: Whereas Central Greek usually uses the word κήπος/kípos for garden, we use μπαχτσές/ bahtsés, which we pronounce bah-chés (from Turkish bahçe from Persian bāġçe). Video: the bahchés of St. Dimitrios, Büyükada (Πρίγκηπος) this morning. Watch the video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626964057364-NT5B85FPD7VST7I6N3XX/%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%B6%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BF.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - ντούζικο/dúziko Istanbul Greek Idiom #59: We call the apéritif ouzo ντούζικο/doúziko. According to Dr. Matthew John Hadodo, the number 12 (douze in French) used to be written on boxes of the drink, thus the Franco-Greek name doúziko. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626964196132-KTIJEVU4J265A3IDGKLL/fasoulia.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - φασούλια/fasúlia Istanbul Greek Idiom #60: Whereas Greece calls beans φασόλια/fasólia, we call them φασούλια/fasúlia (from Ancient Greek φάσηλος/fásilon or φασίολος/fasíolos). Our version of the word passed into Turkish as fasulye. Watch the video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626964829507-1KN6GL9MIU4F7TGA6ZDR/piazi.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - πιάζι/piázi Istanbul Greek Idiom #61: Πιάζι/piázi (from Turkish piyaz from Persian piyaz, which means onion) is a typical Istanbul dish made from white beans, parsley, onion, salt and sometimes other herbs and boiled egg. In our dialect πιάζι/piázi also means flattery, as in Turkish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626964931640-0YKTFV9R0PJBVOPHSP0T/gumruk.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - γκιουμρούκι/giumrúki Istanbul Greek Idiom #62: We call a customshouse γκιουμρούκι/giumrúki, from Turkish gümrük from Medieval Greek κουμμέρκιον/kummérkion (customshouse or customs duties in Byzantium) from Latin commercium (trade). Γιουμρούκι/giumrúki also means customs duties. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626965055432-R8HMCUR5O0GTUWFYOB49/karanfil.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - καραμφίλι/karamfíli Istanbul Greek Idiom #63: Γαρύφαλλο/garyfallo in Central Greek, καραμφίλι/karamfíli in Istanbul Greek & karanfil in Turkish (all from Ancient καρυόφυλλον/karyófyllon) mean both clove & carnation. In Istanbul we also use μοσχοκάρφι/moshokárfi for clove, but not for carnation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626965197344-XQT3FWLNBAH7193D0G19/anasoni.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - ανασόνι/anasóni Istanbul Greek Idiom #64: We call anise ανασόνι/anasóni, from Ancient Greek άνισον/ánison. Central Greek's version of the word adds the prefix γλυκ/glyk to make γλυκάνισο/glykániso (sweet anise), while the Turkish version is closer to ours (and to the Ancient Greek): anason. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626965346368-6OD818UDDZIQ417ISWIK/kilifi.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - κιλίφι/kilífi Istanbul Greek Idiom #65: Whereas pillowcase in Central Greek is μαξιλαροθήκη/maxilarothíki, we call it κιλίφι/kilífi, from Ancient Greek κελύφιον/kelyfion. Although some say that the Turkish word kılıf comes from Arabic, we believe that it also derives from κελύφιον/kelyfion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626966104278-ZP5VTKT39ULCO634P0TY/bougatsa.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - μπουγάτσα/bougátsa Istanbul Greek Idiom #66: Although Athenians use the word μπουγάτσα/bougátsa (from Turkish poğaça from Italian focaccia) for a sweet cream-filled pastry, we use it for savory pastries filled with cheese or meat. Listen to the call of an Istanbul μπουγατσατζής/bougatsatzís https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626966258796-72RSAN58N47ZICKXDMK4/%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%87%CE%B7.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - κόχη/kóhi Istanbul Greek Idiom #67: A corner is γωνία/gonía in Central Greek, but in Istanbul we use the medieval word κόχη/kóhi (from Ancient Greek κόγχη/ kóghi, which meant corner, curve or niche). Photo: Serpuş Han in Galata, built in 18th-century on existing Genoese structure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626966363344-TUIFIFU2HWGJ9MCMPNKM/bademia.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - μπαντέμια/badémia Istanbul Greek Idiom #68: We call almonds μπαντέμια/badémia, from Turkish badem from Persian badam; and we call ice μπούζι/búzi, from Turkish buz. Photo: Buzlu badem (iced almonds), a specialty of Istanbul meyhanes, accompanied by a glass of ντούζικο/dúziko (see #59). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626966567224-965PWY8W0JU5TOZQQD2U/isiosdromos.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - Ίσιος Δρόμος/Ísios Δrómos or Μεγάλη Οδός/ Megáli Oδós Istanbul Greek Idiom #69: The Cadde-i Kebir in Ottoman Turkish, the Grand Rue de Péra in French, İstiklal Caddesi in Modern Turkish, and the Ίσιος Δρόμος/Ísios Δrómos/Straight Road or Μεγάλη Οδός/ Megáli Oδós/Grand Street in Istanbul Greek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626967776257-CSNBUD0QJXBEZ68HJJWL/mimar.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - Μιμάρης/mimáris (m) or μιμάρισσα/mimárissa (f) Istanbul Greek Idiom #70: Μιμάρης/mimáris (m) or μιμάρισσα/mimárissa (f) is our word for architect (from Turkish mimar from Arabic معمار. Looking closely at Istanbul's heritage buildings, one finds that many were built by Rum μιμάρηδες/mimárides (plural). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626967905838-WFTOGIU1IFFNCBY0DTYK/%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B1.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - τζούμπα/ʤúmba Istanbul Greek Idiom #71: An oriel window, one of the most characteristic elements of Istanbul architecture, is called an εξώστης/eksóstis in Central Greek but a τζούμπα/ʤúmba in Istanbul Greek (from Turkish cumba, possibly from Italian gibbo). Photo: Halep Pasajı (Cité d’Alep) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626968009958-3GUDL5NK3HGNMJ53MKF8/%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B9.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - ασλάνι/asláni Istanbul Greek Idiom #72: Whereas lion in Central Greek is λεοντάρι/leondári, we use the word ασλάνι/asláni, from Turkish aslan. Aσλάνι/asláni is also a strong or brave person. Photo: Detail of bishop's throne at St. Dimitrios, Büyükada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1626968112569-94LLO5SUTIGAV7IDB3KX/%CF%83%CE%B5%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%AD%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AD%CF%81%CF%84%CE%B9.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - σεκλέτι/sekléti Istanbul Greek Idiom #73: Σεκλέτι/sekléti means distress, sorrow or longing pain (from Turkish sıklet, meaning heaviness, from Arabic ثِقلة). We also have the verb σεκλεντίζομαι/seklendízome, which means to suffer, to be upset, or to be tortured. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1627046076671-ZWE8YSU0QJ6P3FXTV729/skala.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - σκάλα/skála Istanbul Greek Idiom #74: A quay is αποβάθρα/apováthra in Central Greek but σκάλα/skála in Istanbul Greek. Both σκάλα/skála and the Turkish word iskele come from the Italian scala. Photo: The σκάλα/scala/iskele of Bostancı. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1627046182274-N190ZS0N9MSUPRLGD38S/%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BC%CE%AF%CF%81%CE%B9.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - ντεμίρι/demíri Istanbul Greek Idiom #75: Iron is σίδερο/sídero in Central Greek but ντεμίρι/demíri in Istanbul Greek (from Turkish demir). Ντεμιρτζής/demirdzís is an ironmonger in Istanbul Greek; in Greece, the word survives as a common surname, along with Ντεμιρτζόγλου/Demirdzóglu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1627046306728-4ADP9MQIBY6NCJ0K6MQU/%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B9.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - απίδι/apíδi Istanbul Greek Idiom #76: A pear is αχλάδι/ahláδi in Central Greek but απίδι/apíδi in Istanbul Greek (from Hellenistic ἀπίδιον/apíδion from Ancient ἄπιον/ápion). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1627046471682-MUFR6T8HMWKNIO7N9Z2H/inati.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - ινάτι/ináti Istanbul Greek Idiom #77: Obstinacy in Istanbul Greek is ινάτι/ináti (from Turkish inat from Arabic عناد). The word exists as γινάτι/yináti in Central Greek, but it is rarely used and close to being lost. Watch the Video: doing ινάτια/inátia (plural) when it's time to come in from a walk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635431612019-XNPGNNHKCBNKR23X6C6M/drosero.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - δροσερά/δroserá Istanbul Greek Idiom #78: We call cucumbers δροσερά/δroserá (meaning: cool) as a polite alternative to χιγιάρια/hiyiária (from Turkish hıyar from Persian خيار). Turkish also avoids the objectionable word hıyar, preferring salatalık instead. In Central Greek: αγγούρια/angúria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635431985966-VZQ4JJ5WQRPZTB1ELXOX/%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BC%CE%BB%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BF.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - ντεμλίδικο/demlíδiko Istanbul Greek Idiom #79: We call tea brewed in a double pot (from Turkish demli from Perrsian دم, meaning breath). Ντεμλίδικο/demlíδiko also refers to strong tea. Using tea bags—as the Greeks do, especially when ill—is rare. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635432139335-AOZNMQX4GD9Z1ZR1Z9AP/%CF%83%CE%B5%CF%86%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%AC.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - σεφταλιά/seftaliá Istanbul Greek Idiom #80: Peaches are ροδάκινα/rodákina in Central Greek (from Hellenistic δωράκινον/dorákinon from Latin duracinum) but σεφταλιά/seftaliá in Istanbul Greek (from Turkish şeftali from Persian شفت آلو). In Pontian Greek, a ruddy person is called σέφτελον/séftelon.Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635432298744-OMSQTI3ML46NWGZ59QUS/kadar.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - καντάρι/kandári Istanbul Greek Idiom #81: Καντάρι/kandári means scale (from Byzantine κεντηνάριον/kendinárion from Latin centenarium). Turkish kantar may descend directly from Byzantine kendinárion or from Arabic قنطار, which was also borrowed from kendinárion. The word is rare in Central Greek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635432596685-UGP4PYTT5TB0PJGPY39H/%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B1.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - μαντζάνα/mantzana Istanbul Greek Idiom #82: Arabs brought the eggplant (badinjan) to Byzantium, where it was renamed μαντζάνα/mantzana. In Istanbul we still use μαντζάνα/mantzana, as well as πατλιτζάνα/patlitzana, most likely through Turkish patlıcan. Central Greek uses μελιτζάνα/melitzana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635432700594-G1AH6G8CZQVQK3HLPWO2/ahududu.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - αχουντουντού/ahududú Istanbul Greek Idiom #83: Aχουντουντού/ahududú in Istanbul Greek is a spiced liqueur made from raspberries. The fruit raspberry is ahududu in Turkish, φραμπουάζ/frambuáz (from French framboise) in Istanbul Greek, and σμέουρο/sméuro or φραμπουάζ/frambuáz in Central Greek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635433079424-41M0HTKM634G2U68BNO1/%CF%87%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B9.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - χισάρι/hisári Istanbul Greek Idiom #84: Κάστρο/kastro in Central Greek (from Latin castro) but χισάρι/hisári (from Turkish hisar from Arabic حصار ) or καλές/kalés (from Turkish kale from Arabic قلعة) in Istanbul Greek. Photo: Rumeli Hisarı on the Bosphorus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635433714069-4EA70G82WXVVN824C7T5/%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%B9%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%85.png Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - τζιέρι μου/tziéri mu Istanbul Greek Idiom #85: Τζιέρι μου/tziéri mu is a favourite Istanbul term of endearment meaning something like “my insides.” It derives from Turkish ciğer, meaning liver or lungs (from Persian جگر) plus the Greek possessive μου. Video: το τζιέρι μου/to tziéri mu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635433938236-6T03J191T9HX8G9OJ7K2/tarafi.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - ταράφι/taráfi Istanbul Greek Idiom #86: Whereas Central Greek uses the word πλευρά/plevrá or μεριά/meriá to mean “side,” we use ταράφι/taráfi, from Turkish taraf from Arabic طرف . Ταράφι/taráfi can be a physical side, a side in a dispute, or the side of a family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635434209869-IKVXIU9KCM019LWSW6W1/%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%BB%CF%84%CE%AF.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - καφαλτί/kafaltí Istanbul Greek Idiom #87: Καφαλτί/kafaltí in Istanbul Greek (from Turkish kahvaltı, the meal eaten with coffee) means a rich, satisfying breakfast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635435147356-SS3RNNQS2IDP3HMJ1C1E/%CE%BA%CE%AC%CF%81%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BA%CE%B1.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - κάρτα μπιάνκα/kárta biánka Istanbul Greek Idiom #88: Carte blanche (complete discretion or authority) is λευκό χαρτί/lefkó hartí or εν λευκώ/en lefkó in Central Greek but (from Italian carta bianca) in Istanbul Greek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635435453671-N1QL09145N6Z0PEH5A8M/%CE%B2%CE%B1%CF%80%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%B7%CE%BA%CF%8E%CE%BD%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%B9.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - σηκώνεται/sikónete Istanbul Greek Idiom #88: Central Greek uses the verb αναχωρεί/anahorí when a bus or boat “departs,” but we use σηκώνεται/sikónete, which means both “gets up” & “departs.” Rum ladies have found themselves in embarrassing situations when using this verb at Greek bus stops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635440914717-ZQZBUU93LK8H3YK1XYHA/ke.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - κε/ke ντεμπαρκαντέρ/debarkadér Istanbul Greek Idiom #90: The seafront or quay is προκυμαία/prokiméa in Central Greek but κε/ke (from French quai) or ντεμπαρκαντέρ/debarkadér (from French débarcadère) in Istanbul Greek. It was the place to promenade, see, and be seen. Photo: the κε/ke of Büyükada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635504271667-GGFGQ8Z4QNKGAAXN6RG6/%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%86%CF%84%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B1.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - ντεφτέρι/deftéri Istanbul Greek Idiom #91: Τετράδιο/tetráδio in Central Greek but ντεφτέρι/deftéri in Istanbul Greek, a word reborrowed from Turkish defter from Arabic دفتر from Ancient Greek διφθέρα/δifthéra. Photo: the ντεφτέρια/deftéria in which I note old Polítika words and expressions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635504444055-3OOKBK7NXZCRXLPXY4QL/%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B2%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%B1.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - καβούνι/kavúni Istanbul Greek Idiom #92: (from Turkish kavun) is melon, while καβούν καφαλής/kavun kafalis is someone who has a head like a melon (literally or figuratively). Photo: the Persian καβούνια/kavúnia (on right) that one eats sliced with white cheese & raki @ meyhanes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635504640770-CIMKGVRTEID5FHQV1YDW/%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BC%CF%80%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%83%CE%AD%CF%84%CE%B1.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - αλαμπρατσέτα/alabratséta Istanbul Greek Idiom #93: Whereas Central Greek uses αγκαζέ/angazé from French engagé for arm in arm, Istanbul Greek also uses αλαμπρατσέτα/alabratséta from Italian a braccetto. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635504937253-IIFWH5BVCY6KWCE811XS/anahtari.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - αναχτάρι/anahtári Istanbul Greek Idiom #94: We have two words for key: κλειδί/klidí (also used in Central Greek) and αναχτάρι/anahtári, from Medieval Greek ανοικτήριον/aniktírion. The Turkish word anahtar also descends from ανοικτήριον/aniktírion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635505146663-1455SC7AIPE948A2YPKT/%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%B1.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - μπαχτσές με τα λουλούδια/bahçés me ta lulúδia Istanbul Greek Idiom #95: A particularly lovely person is called a μπαχτσές με τα λουλούδια/bahçés me ta lulúδia, meaning “garden with the flowers.” See #58 for more on the word μπαχτσές/bahçés. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635505371213-XEXHYQJHXQIWCNGZA2H4/%CF%83%CE%BF%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%82%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BD.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - σοκολάτα/sokoláta Istanbul Greek Idiom #96: Whereas chocolate is σοκολάτα/sokoláta in Central Greek, it is τσικολάτα/çikoláta in Istanbul Greek and çikolata in Turkish. All descend from Italian cioccolata from Spanish chocolate from Nahuatl xocolatl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635505498256-0K9D2J2HMLOMDPKW3Q1X/defo.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - ντεφό/defó Istanbul Greek Idiom #97: A flaw or fault is an ελάττωμα/elátoma in Central Greek but also a ντεφό/defó in Istanbul Greek (from French défaut). Photo: 1932 Athenian edition of Don Quixote, which has a fault on the cover title (but not inside). Can you spot the ντεφό/defó? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635505693835-VYBKHHEJR07DWYY27WST/1903.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - ηύρα/ívra Istanbul Greek Idiom #96: In Central Greek the simple past of the verb βρίσκω/vrísko (I find) is βρήκα, but in Istanbul Greek it is ηύρα/ívra, just as in Cavafy’s work and closer to the form ηύρον/ívron that was used by the bard Homer. Below: Cavafy’s “Days of 1903” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635505837780-02WVTSTHSR7QSCFIPX86/havuz.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - χαβούζα/havúza Istanbul Greek Idiom #97: Α pool is πισίνα/pisína in Central Greek (from Italian piscina) but χαβούζα/havúza in Istanbul Greek (from Turkish havuz from Arabic حوض ). Photo: the χαβούζα/havúza at the Büyükada Splendid Hotel, historically frequented by many from the Rum Community. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635506054538-Y8NI26WS996GEOQFGRO7/tava.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - ταβάς/tavás Istanbul Greek Idiom #98: A frying pan is a τηγάνι/tigáni in Central Greek but a ταβάς/tavás in Istanbul Greek (from Turkish tava from Persian تابهه ). Photo: lamb κεφτέδες/köfte with onion, cumin, turmeric, and oregano. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635506226832-VQ70A5RBVE2AJTG2ZIB6/%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B6%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%B1.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - μπερζέρα/berjéra φοτέι/fotéi Istanbul Greek Idiom #99: An armchair is a πολυθρόνα/polithróna or μπερζέρα/berjéra in Central Greek and also a φοτέι/fotéi in Istanbul Greek (from French fauteuille). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635506371887-Y87SQXX6Q0OM9WZP4NN5/%CE%B6%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%AD%CF%84%CE%BF.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - ζακέτο/zakéto Istanbul Greek Idiom #100: A suit jacket is a σακάκι/sakáki in Central Greek (from σάκος/sákos, a garment worn by Byzantine Emperors) but a ζακέτο/zakéto in Istanbul Greek (from French jaquette, possibly from Byzantine σάκος/sákos). Zακέτα/zakéta in Central Gk is a cardigan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635507184054-TFZSJOU232ACX6V3IB7U/%CF%84%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B9.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - τσινάρι/tsinári/çinári WIstanbul Greek Idiom #101: A plane tree is a πλάτανος/plátanos in Central Greek but a τσινάρι/tsinári/çinári in Istanbul Greek (from Turkish çınar from Persian چنال ). Tσινάρι/Tsinári is a also neighborhood in Thessaloniki inhabited, until 1923, by Muslims and Islamicized Jews. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635507336176-A6Q0DRTTUHC2XTIG3KWR/%CF%84%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%B2%CE%AF.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - τσιβί/tsiví/çiví Istanbul Greek Idiom #102: A nail is a καρφί/karfí in Central Greek but a τσιβί/tsiví/çiví in Istanbul Greek (from Turkish çivi). Έφαγα τσιβί/éfaga tsiví/I ate a tsiví in Central Greek means -to put it politely-“I received a disagreeable thing,” such as a parking ticket, etc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635507593988-GK1MKLBPDEWQ6YTF67PZ/myres.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - κομμάτι/kommáti Istanbul Greek Idiom #103: Greeks tease Istanbul Rums about the word κομμάτι/kommáti, which means piece in Central Greek but both piece and "a little" in Istanbul Gk (λίγο/lígo is "a little" in Central Gk). Perhaps we should re-read Cavafy's "Myres: Alexandria in 340 A.D."? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635507725676-KXYJRSNBTWFVLISKY0TH/%CF%84%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%B9.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - τσιμένι/tsiméni Istanbul Greek Idiom #104: Τσιμένι/tsiméni (from Turkish çemen from Persian چمن ) refers to the herb, pepper, and garlic mixture that covers pastırma. Τσιμένι/tsiméni (from Turkish çimen) also means grass in Istanbul Greek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635507833117-ARP0XZYAKP9G15I2SPW4/spirto.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - σπίρτο/spirto Istanbul Greek Idiom #105: Rubbing alcohol is called οινόπνευμα/inópnevma in Central Greek (from οινο-/íno-/wine + πνεύμα/pnévma/spirit, a loanword translated from French esprit-de-vin), but σπίρτο/spirto in Istanbul Greek (from Italian spirito). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635507949110-4KPXVZP3KWNGGSYVE138/kibriti.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - κιμπρίτι/kibríti Istanbul Greek Idiom #106: A matchstick is σπίρτο/spírto (from Italian spirito) in Central Greek, but κιμπρίτι/kibríti in Istanbul Greek (from Turkish kibrit from Arabic كِبْرِيت). See #105 for σπίρτο/spírto in Istanbul Greek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635508082901-N1RUEI07AKA17AIX460Y/pera.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - Πέρα/Péra Istanbul Greek Idiom #107: The area of Istanbul now called Beyoğlu was formerly called Πέρα/Péra (meaning beyond or “over there”) because it lies on the opposite side of the Golden Horn from the old city. The word survives in business names, including the Pera Palace Hotel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635508170397-3I79NPQFVRHX52YJD9QN/kurdan.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - κιουρντάν/kiurdán Istanbul Greek Idiom #108: A toothpick is an οδοντογλυφίδα/oδondoglifída in Central Greek (a translated loan from German Zahnstocher) but a κιουρντάν/kiurdán in Istanbul Greek (from French cure-dent). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635508393475-HRL1AL069PHZ9DOR7PRQ/cuzdan.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - τζουζντάνι/dʒuzdáni πορτμονέ/portmoné Istanbul Greek Idiom #109: Α wallet is a πορτοφόλι/portofóli (from Italian portafoglio) in Central Greek. In Istanbul Greek, we have two words: τζουζντάνι/dʒuzdáni for wallet (from Turkish cüzdan from Persian جزدان ) & πορτμονέ/portmoné for coin purse (from French porte-monnaie). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635508519785-8BFJXDTW07GQPOZGPQE7/pil.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - πίλη/píli Istanbul Greek Idiom #110: a battery is a μπαταρία/bataría (from French batterie) in Central Greek, but a πίλη/píli in Istanbul Greek (from French pile) and not to be confused with πύλη/píli, which means gate in both Istanbul and Greece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635511757070-Y1EZLOZY09IC1VMRERBE/pismanpapas.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - πισμάν παπάς/pismán papás Istanbul Greek Idiom #111: One of my favourite expressions is πισμάν παπάς/pismán papás, a "remorseful priest" (from Turkish pişman from Persian پشمان + Greek παπάς). Used for a priest who leaves the profession, or a seminary student who decides not to be ordained. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635512126688-JHBL5GYYYWMVT3BPUJX5/kokkinadi.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - ρουζ/ruj κοκκινάδι/kokináδi Istanbul Greek Idiom #112: Lipstick is κραγιόν/krayón (from French crayon) and blush is ρουζ/ruz (from French rouge) in Central Greek; in Istanbul Greek, however, lipstick is ρουζ/ruj or κοκκινάδι/kokináδi and blush is κοκκινάδι για τα μάγουλα/kokináδi ya ta mágula. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635512359415-YM8QZXNTA0F7EF84M5G7/duduklus.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - ντουντουκλούς/duduklús Istanbul Greek Idiom #113: A pressure cooker is a χύτρα ταχύτητας/hítra taxítitas/speed pot in Central Greek but a ντουντουκλούς/duduklús in Istanbul Greek (from Turkish düdüklü tencere, meaning pot with a whistle). Video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635680349729-IJA3Q3YW1B929J7W4PAZ/patiseri.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - πατισερί/patiserí Istanbul Greek Idiom #114: Whereas a pastry shop is a ζαχαροπλαστείο/zaharoplastío in Central Greek, in Istanbul Greek it is a πατισερί/patiserí (from French pâtisserie). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635680506675-U3K4OO5HYQJ5BIVE85OU/filtzani.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - φιλτζάνι/filtzáni Istanbul Greek Idiom #115: A coffee cup is φλιτζάνι/flidzáni in Central Greek but φιλτζάνι/fildzáni in Istanbul Greek (both from Turkish fincan < Arabic فنجان < Persian پنگان). Kavafis uses the Istanbul form, , in his enchanting prose piece "A Night in Kalideri." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635680659017-LS19P96VXRKI4SQX0J1O/%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1%CF%80%CF%83%CE%B1%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%8D.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - αράπ σαμπουνού/aráp sabunú Istanbul Greek Idiom #116: Αράπ σαμπουνού/aráp sabunú (from Turkish, meaning "Arab soap") is the wonderful, all-purpose, brownish soap that everyone uses in Turkey (even works in garden as pesticide). It has a characteristic oily scent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635680791713-T3R01OZVO3BLJ4QR5O86/%CE%B3%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%BA%CE%AC%CF%83%CE%B1.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - γκρανκάσα/grankása Istanbul Greek Idiom #117: one of my favourite Istanbul Greek words is γκρανκάσα/grankása (from Italian grancassa = bass drum). It is/was used for a full-figured woman, which was the ideal a century ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635681094682-R2VJZUJ4N4AP7FAYCWWA/%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AD%CF%81.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - κουραντέρ/kurandér Istanbul Greek Idiom #118: Α draught or air current is a ρεύμα (αέρα)/révma (aéra) in Central Greek but a κουραντέρ/kurandér in Istanbul Greek (from French courant d'air...Turkish kurander from the same). See video https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635681241683-VU74XA9ZH3T9YW0DKW9U/komilfo2.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - κομιλφό/komilfó Istanbul Greek Idiom #119: We call modest or elegant appearance or behaviour κομιλφό/komilfó (from French comme il faut). We can also say τρε ζολί και κομιλφό/tre zolí ke komilfó/very pretty and modest or elegant (< French très jolie). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635681313695-3EQTHW1H6XBB28IWW37G/tirbuson.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - τιρμπουσόν/tirbuşón Istanbul Greek Idiom #120: A corkscrew is an ανοιχτήρι/anikhtíri in Central Greek but a τιρμπουσόν/tirbuşón (< French tire-bouchon) in Istanbul Greek (when used in Greece, the "ş" is pronounced "s": tirbusón). See #94 for Medieval Greek ανοικτήριον/aniktírion & Turkish anahtar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635681459775-SCJE240400O418J7JOLS/%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B2%CE%AC%CF%86%CE%B7%CF%82%CE%B5%CF%8D%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%B9%CE%B1.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - accusative pronouns (με/σε/την/τον) Istanbul Greek Idiom #121: The most criticised aspect of Istanbul/Northern Gk is the use ) where Central Gk uses genitive (μου/σου/της/του). Disregarding Triantafyllidis (who considers Northern use correct), do we also want to correct Cavafy? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635681680384-BVMT1AN2XH1YG2NWW9F3/malama.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - μάλαμα/málama Istanbul Greek Idiom #122: Gold is χρυσός/hrysós in Central Greek but μάλαμα/málama (from Hellenistic μάλαγμα, meaning soft material) in Istanbul Greek. The word μάλαμα/málama is used in Greece to describe people with exceptionally good character. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635681737367-EI0YG1HUW0NA0RXIBBFO/%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B6%CE%AE%CF%82.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - τερζής/terzís Istanbul Greek Idiom #123: A tailor is a ράφτης/ráftis in Central Greek but a τερζής/terzís (from Turkish terzi from Persian درزى) in Istanbul Greek. Tερζής/Τerzís is a common surname in Greece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635681904057-LI7FIPN5RZR6K2TGSINM/%CF%84%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%BC%CE%B1.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - τσιμάς/tsimás Istanbul Greek Idiom #124: A hawser is , either from 1. Latin cyma (end of of hawser) from Hellenistic κύμα/kíma (young sprout) or from 2. σιμά/simá (meaning near). Turkish çıma from same. Α τσίματζης/tsímatzis is a dockman (reborrowed from Turkish çımacı). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635681967430-NCDWZSOU0HHROMNJZOBF/trisoni.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - τρισόνι/trisóni Istanbul Greek Idiom #125: A dish or tea towel is a πετσέτα κουζίνας/petséta kuzínas (from Italian pezzetta and Venetian cusina) in Central Greek but a τρισόνι/trisóni (from French torchon) in Istanbul Greek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635682083866-KONC2CS8JTGSXZWUWVK6/kavafy+ou1.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - “ου” in the present & imperfect of passive & deponent verbs Istanbul Greek Idiom #126: Another Istanbul Greek characteristic is the sound "ou" in the present & imperfect of passive & deponent verbs. In this poem, #Cavafy uses Istanbul κοιμούντανε instead of Central κοιμόταν. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635682295970-EAVQ2CPAX94LWSS6KQQO/sucuk.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - σουτζούκι/suʤúki Istanbul Greek Idiom #127: Σουτζούκι/suʤúki (from Turkish sucuk) refers to sausage in Istanbul Greek In Central Greek, it is most commonly used for Σμυρνέικα σουτζουκάκια/Smyrnéika sutzukákia, cylindrical meatballs in tomato sauce; it can also be a cylindrical sweet or a sausage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635682919122-3DUU51FP1599O3WA6Y2G/bifteki1.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - μπιφτέκι/biftéki Istanbul Greek Idiom #128: Μπιφτέκι/biftéki in Central Greek is a grilled or roasted flat meatball, while in Istanbul Greek it is a beef filet (both words come from French bifteck from English beef steak, but the Istanbul version completely preserves the French/English meaning). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635683117606-C59UYROGU0Z1MAU8RN7W/sekerleme.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - σεκερλεμές/şekerlemés Istanbul Greek Idiom #129: Σεκερλεμές/şekerlemés (from Turkish şekerleme from Persian شكر) means either (1) candy or (2) a short nap, usually after a meal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635683629205-M9Q2B1OJOR4ZUI3KOB6V/%CE%B2%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B7.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - βαρούμενη/varúmeni Istanbul Greek Idiom #130: Pregnant is έγκυος/éngios in Central Greek and also βαρούμενη/varúmeni (heavy) in Istanbul Greek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635683701337-M6LYCYHC6VWHT39821N9/sedef.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - σεντέφι/sedéfi Istanbul Greek Idiom #131: Σεντέφι/sedéfi (from Turkish sedef from Arabic صَدَف) is the mother-of-pearl used in traditional Middle Eastern marquetry. We also have the adjective σεντεφένιος/sedefénios for wood decorated with σεντέφι/sedéfi. Photo: Antep-style sedef marquetry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635683888048-4WY0DL1M22GQWBKVXEGM/%CF%87%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B6%CE%BC%CE%AD%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%B1.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - χουζμέτια/huzmétia Istanbul Greek Idiom #132: General house cleaning is λάτρα/látra (> λατρεύω/latrévo with older meaning "to serve") or φασίνα/fasína (> Italian fascina) in Central Greek, but χουζμέτια/huzmétia (> Turkish hizmet > Arabic خدمة) in Istanbul Greek. See also #24 for πάστρα/pástra.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635684038076-BCT8CWK66R4QKZRMLTFZ/%CF%87%CE%AC%CE%BC%CF%83%CE%B9.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - χαμσί/hamsí Istanbul Greek Idiom #133: Anchovy is γαύρος/gávros in Central Greek but χαμσί/hamsí (from Pontic Greek χαψίον/hapsíon) in Istanbul Greek and hamsi in Turkish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635684191787-TEWS5PQADC35A3C3A14N/kerhane.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - κερχανές/kerhanés Istanbul Greek Idiom #134: A brothel is an οίκος ανοχής/íkos anohís or μπουρδέλο/burdélo (>Venetian bordelo) in Central Greek and a κερχανές/kerhanés (> Turkish kerhane) in Istanbul Greek. Κερχανέ τατλισί/kerhane tatlısı was a favourite treat after brothel visits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635685523679-I2WPUUQ0ZZ9BZ03WM98J/%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%88%CE%AF.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - τεψί/tepsí Istanbul Greek Idiom #135: A τεψί/tepsí in Istanbul Greek (from Turkish tepsi from Chinese 碟子 ) is both a serving tray and a baking dish/tray. In Central Greek, a serving tray is a δίσκος/dískos, but a baking dish/tray is a ταψί/tapsí (also from Turkish tepsi). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635685596637-Q1TMH1DSORXPPD4EX617/vatman.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - βάτμαν/vátman Istanbul Greek Idiom #136: A tram driver is a βάτμαν/vátman in Istanbul Greek and a vatman in Turkish (from French wattman from English watt + man). Central Greek does not have a specific word for a tram driver; the general word for driver, οδηγός/odigós, is used. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635686013762-3IBOKA6BATBJWXSZIT30/%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%AE%CF%82.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - εσκιτζής/eskidzís Istanbul Greek Idiom #137: A rag-and-bone man is a παλιατζής/paliadzís in Central Greek, but in Istanbul he is an εσκιτζής/eskidzís, from Turkish eskici (eski=old). Listen to an Istanbul εσκιτζής/eskidzís/eskici calling the neighbourhood to bring down their old stuff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635686082910-2RNH06DG52FTDYNIL8W9/kasketo.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - κασκέτο/kaskéto Istanbul Greek #138: A flat cap in Istanbul Greek is a κασκέτο/kaskéto (> Italian caschetto). In Central Greek, it is a τραγιάσκα/trayiáska (> Romanian trăïască="hurray," which a group of Romanian students in Greece shouted while throwing their caps in the early 20th century). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635686266133-ABJ9LW20I6GDTTS2PHUP/tratamenda.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - τραταμέντα/trataménda Istanbul Greek Idiom #139: Treats given to guests are called κεράσματα/kerásmata in Central Greek and τραταμέντα/trataménda (from Italian trattamento) in Istanbul Greek. Traditional trataménda after memorial services are cognac, rusks, coffee & mastic-flavoured lokum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635686427450-X1G4FRZP68SIH6MAPBWR/tanelidiko.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - Tανελίδικος/tanelíδikos Istanbul Greek Idiom #140: Peppercorn is πιπέρι σε κόκκους/pipéri se kókus in Central Greek but τανελίδικο πιπέρι/tanelíδiko pipéri in Istanbul Greek (> Turkish tane, meaning kernel or piece > Persian دانه). Tανελίδικος/tanelíδikos can also be used for other kernels (rice, etc). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635686782010-7IUD7IY8C6214OSQ3QAH/%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%B6%CF%89.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect/Πολίτικα - κουντουρντίζω/kudurdízo Istanbul Greek Idiom #141: The verb κουντουρντίζω/kudurdízo (> Turkish kudurmak) means to go wild or crazy. Κουντουρντισμένος/kudurdizménos means crazy, rowdy or naughty. Video: my τζιέρι/ʤiéri (see #85 for this word) κουντουρντισμένο/kudurdizméno. https://www.nektariaanastasiadou.com/new-page daily 0.75 2024-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/40ffd004-f3ec-4219-bc22-390a71d30567/%CE%95%CE%A1%CE%A4%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%AF.jpeg Press/Τύπος At Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation/Ελληνική Ραδιοφωνία Τηλεόραση (ΕΡΤ) with Themis Rodamitis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/baa76145-87dc-40bb-b371-9f2a1c94c84b/PublicRadioasimi.jpeg Press/Τύπος - Make it stand out At Iowa Public Radio (NPR network) with Ben Kieffer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/7698f1e5-c021-4a1c-b692-eb936e846bc2/WhatsApp+Image+2024-10-14+at+12.06.57.jpeg Press/Τύπος - Make it stand out Looking for Byzantium: Modernism and Byzantium international colloquium at Bilgi University, 2024. Paper title: “A Politissa Wouldn’t Say That: Byzantine Remnants and Consciousness in My Fiction.” https://www.nektariaanastasiadou.com/istanbul-greek-dialect-page-2 daily 0.75 2021-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635688275004-430FQB6V5A7OUTIVR0SX/%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%B6%CF%89.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect Page 2 - κουρντίζω/kurdízo Istanbul Greek Idiom #142: Κουρντίζω/kurdízo (> χορδή/hordí=chord) means (1) to wind a clock or regulate a musical instrument, (2) to wind up/annoy a person, (3) to think obsessively of a problem. Central Greek κουρδίζω/kurdízo means #1 & #2, but not #3. Turkish kurmak from same. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635688368092-ZD7ZKJDHBN3X9EWE0WIF/%CE%B2%CF%8C%CE%B9%CE%B2%CE%BF.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect Page 2 - βόιβο/vóivo Istanbul Greek Idiom #143: A derisive taunt is βόιβο/vóivo (from Ladino guevo from Old Spanish hueuo from Latin ovum). Although the literal meaning of βόιβο/vóivo/guevo is egg, in this case it probably refers to male unmentionables. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635688627547-45DN7HTW15QGLYK7FRD1/zarzavatia.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect Page 2 - ζαρζαβάτια/zarzavátia Istanbul Greek Idiom #144: Vegetables are λαχανικά/lahaniká in Central Greek and ζαρζαβάτια/zarzavátia (from Turkish zerzevat from Persian سبزى) in Istanbul Greek. A green grocery is a ζαρζαβατσίδικο/zarzavatsíδiko and the grocer is a ζαρζαβατσής/zarzavatsís. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635688731022-QABX2TRVZWSBLMN22CEK/kosk.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect Page 2 - κιόσκι/kióski Istanbul Greek Idiom #145: A κιόσκι/kióski (from Turkish köşk from Persian كوشك) is a kiosk or gazebo in Central Greek and also a mansion in Istanbul Greek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635689420758-K78Y7ZBI03B733LMK2PC/bosver.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect Page 2 - μπόσικος/bóşikos Istanbul Greek Idiom #146: Empty is άδειος/áδios in Central Greek and μπόσικος/bóşikos (from Turkish boş) in Istanbul Greek, which also borrowed one of my favourite Turkish expressions: μπόσβερ/boşver, meaning "never mind" or "don't worry about it" (literally "give empty"). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635689505146-J58SUOUA3CPAT6BLLJMS/%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%82.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect Page 2 - καμπάκικος/kabákikos Istanbul Greek Idiom #147: Hollow or empty like a pumpkin is καμπάκικος/kabákikos (from Turkish kabak, meaning pumpkin, squash or courgette/zucchini). Καμπάκικος/kabákikos also means tasteless. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635689572122-8I87WZG5ALTVWX96J5YQ/yarmas.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect Page 2 - γιαρμά σεφταλί/yarmá seftalí Istanbul Greek Idiom #148: in Central Greek and also γιαρμά σεφταλί/yarmá seftalí in Istanbul Greek (both from Turkish yarma), a type of large peach that splits easily in half. Γιαρμάς/yarmás also means rude or inelegant in Istanbul Greek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635689699102-LE837J2ZHCYJWI52QUL9/zapyon2.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect Page 2 - συνταξιώτης/sindaxiótis Istanbul Greek Idiom #149: A word unique to Istanbul Greek is συνταξιώτης/sindaxiótis (m) & συνταξιώτισσα/sindaxiótisa (f), meaning student from the same grade (literally co-grader). Photo: Ζάππειον/Zapyon School (formerly for girls, now co-ed) & the pupil entrance, in Taksim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635689780855-7ZM8IZMPYBFSNQMKT7E1/%CF%87%CE%B1%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B1.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect Page 2 - χαμπέρια/habéria Istanbul Greek Idiom #150: Νews are ειδήσεις/iδísis in Central Greek & χαμπέρια/habéria (> Turkish haber > Arabic خَبَر) in Istanbul Greek. The word haber is so catchy that it also passed into Ladino. Cen. Gk uses the word only in the expression τι χαμπάρια;/ti habária/what news? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635690039979-LVAAD6OHOJSMF5OXQEEW/zincirli.jpg Istanbul Greek Dialect Page 2 - χάνι/háni Istanbul Greek Idiom #151: A large office/professional building or an inn for a travelling caravan is a χάνι/háni (from Turkish han from Persian خان ). Photo: Zincirli Han in Istanbul's Grand Bazaar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635690145732-44UE78OJDKFBWVMTJTB2/elmasi.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect Page 2 - ελμάσι/elmási Istanbul Greek Idiom #152: Diamond is διαμάντι/δiamándi (from Ancient αδάμας/aδámas) in Central Greek and also ελμάσι/elmási in Istanbul Greek (from Turkish elmas from Persian ألماس). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635754700731-0UQKYLNRMWW93DP6QR5E/tryferitsia.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect Page 2 - βγήκανε στα τρυφερίτσια/vyíkane sta tryferítsia Istanbul Greek Idiom #153: When two people flirt using terms of endearment, we say βγήκανε στα τρυφερίτσια/vyíkane sta tryferítsia/they went out on little tendernesses. Here our birds call each other σεκερίμ/şekerim & τζανίμ/canım (Istanbul Gk tendernesses borrowed from Turkish). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635754817856-382I335BCL3PPR0IDOKW/%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%86%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%AE%CF%82.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect Page 2 - κιουφετζής/kiufetzís Istanbul Greek Idiom #154: Α basketmaker is a κοφινοποιός/kofinopiós in Central Greek and a κιουφετζής/kiufetzís (from Turkish küfe from Arabic كفّة) in Istanbul Greek. Κιουφετζής/kiufetzís can also mean porter (the person who carries stuff with a basket). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635754924263-Q1ZN90W0ICMPOFWWXYK0/cicekci.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect Page 2 - τσιτσεκτσής/çiçekçís Istanbul Greek Idiom #155: A florist is an ανθοπώλης/anthopólis in Central Greek & also a τσιτσεκτσής/çiçekçís (from Turkish çiçekçi) in Istanbul Greek. Professions are among the word groups most frequently borrowed from Turkish into Istanbul Greek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635755170066-T6XDR13E30RV6G01Q0WR/dondurma.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect Page 2 - ντοντουρμάς/dondurmás Istanbul Greek Idiom #156: Ice cream is παγωτό/pagotó in Central Greek and also ντοντουρμάς/dondurmás (from Turkish dondurma) in Istanbul Greek. The ice cream seller is παγωτατζής/pagotadzís in Central Greek and also ντοντουρματζής/dondurmadzís in Istanbul Greek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635755248177-CMYGLKBDH8OD7V6Y612I/%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B9.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect Page 2 - καϊμάκι/kaymáki Istanbul Greek Idiom #157: in Istanbul Greek is (1) a thick dairy cream made by boiling milk and (2) the foam atop coffee. In Central Greek it is #2 and a mastic-flavoured ice cream often served with sour cherry. From Turkish kaymak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635755426259-ZHJOZAFV9FEIHWO5HHT4/ekmekkadayifi.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect Page 2 - εκμέκ κανταΐφι/ekmek kadaífi Istanbul Greek Idiom #158: For us, εκμέκ κανταΐφι/ekmek kadaífi (> Turkish ekmek kadayıfı) is a syrupy bread dessert served w/ kaymak (see #156); but in Central Greek, it refers to a syrupy dessert made w/ thread-like pastry & layered w/ Chantilly cream. Photo: Istanbul version https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635755719790-DEOIGRB0ZDKWOBJ7ZNAS/%CE%BA%CF%81%CF%8D%CE%B2%CF%89.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect Page 2 - κρύβω/krívo Istanbul Greek Idiom #159: In Central Greek, the verb κρύβω/krívo means "I hide." In Istanbul Greek, it can mean the same and it can also mean "I archive" or "I put/store away" (from the original Ancient Greek meaning of the verb κρύπτω: "to put in a box"). 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It is also the title (written in Turkish letters) of one of Constantine Cavafy's Hidden Poems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d540a06ab5009000171474a/1635756368979-RVOUHX870SEAS2BM2MD5/%CF%87%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%B9.jpeg Istanbul Greek Dialect Page 2 - χαμούρι/hamúri Istanbul Greek Idiom #162: Dough is ζύμη/zími in Central Greek but χαμούρι/hamúri (from Turkish hamur from Arabic خمير) in Istanbul Greek. The person who makes the dough is a χαμουρτζής/hamurdzís (m) or χαμουρτζού/hamurdzú (f). 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