Italian words in the Cypriot dialect
Some of the words you will hear when you go to Cyprus for a holiday will be of Italian origin. Many civilizations ruled on the island of Cyprus and left their own traces. Due to its unique location in the middle of the Mediterranean, merchants from the Italian republics Venetian and Genoa (Genoa) made large investments in the island, and even Famagusta was left to the Genoese in 1372 with the threat, and Genoa continued its dominance in the port of this city until 1464. And there are many Italian words in the Cypriot dialect that is spoken daily on the island.
We have collected the English words used in the Cypriot dialect for you.
In card games such as baza (Italian: base) rusiki, pilot, a player is playing during the game.
the amount of paper he collects in one hand,
Billiards (Italian: biliardo);
rudder (Italian: timon) “car steering wheel, any type of vehicle
steering wheel
Fanella~fanela (Italian: flanella)
Garabina~garabinna (Italian: carabina) "wording"
Mayna et (Italian: maina "the rendering of a vehicle useless; a person's
become naughty”
Bastarda (Italian: bastardo) "children out of wedlock"
Kartana (Italian: quartana) "old woman"
Leva et (Italian: leva) "to pour, to pour"
Susta~susda (Italian: sosta) "spring, shock absorber"
Uruba "clothes, ruba" (Italian: roba);
Zoppo "crippled, misshapen" (Italian: zoppo)
Alina~galina "female turkey" (Italian: galina)
Babillaro "early ripening fig" (Italian: papilla)
Babira "duck, one who walks like a duck" (Italian: papera)
Bandofla~bandohla "slipper made of thick cloth" (Italian: pantofola)
baranga “makeshift building, hut” (Italian: baracca);
Barbet "beard tip left at ear level" (Italian: barbette)
Barella "the propeller bearing at the rear of the ship, the propeller bearing" (Italian: parella)
Birbandi “vagrant, unscrupulous” (Italian: birbante)
Bomilarga “tomato” (Italian: pomidoro/ pomodoro)
Botsa “bottle” (Italian: boccia);
Bronzo "pipe, hole" (Italian: bronzo)
Daratsa~terraça "small room at the entrance of houses, terrace" (Italian: terrazza)
Della “tape for sealing electrical wires” (Italian: interlining)
Diril “well drilling machine, drill” (Italian: trivella)
Drabano "drill" (Italian: trapano
Galo “toll turkey” (Italian: gallo)
Gappella~gabbella "hat made of materials such as felt and straw" (Italian: capello) Garafan "sage" (Italian: garafano)
Garto "quarter" (Italian: quarto)
Giraso "a kind of machine oil" (Italian: grasso)
Gorona “differential in car, rank (Italian: corona)
Gumbaro “best man, friend, friend” (Italian: compare)
Gurumbo “constant chewing gum (Italian: corrompere)
Fandi “leg on playing card, jack” (Italian: fante)
Farina "white flour" (Italian: farina)
Farsetta "shoemaker's knife" (Italian: falsetto)
Ispaho~isbaho~isbaho “twine, thin rope made of plant fibers” (Italian: spago)
quarto "quartet in card games" (Italian: quattro)
Lazmarin~lazmari "a kind of flower, rosemary" (Italian: rosmarino)
Linzara "fishing line" (Italian: linizzare)
Martelli “a tool made of iron with a wooden handle in the middle, mason's hammer” (Italian:
martello)
Mayna means "useless tool or machine" (Italian: maina)
mayna et - "the rendering of a tool or machine useless" (Italian: maina)
Penna "ballpoint pen" (Italian: penna "feather, wing")
Pistola “spray gun” (Italian: It. pistola)
Punyo "fist" (Italian: bugna)
Randi "thread thrown sideways in fishing nets" (Italian: randello)
Ratsa "line, genealogy" (Italian: razza)
Siya et- “to kick out, to throw out” (Italian: scia “pull back!”)
Sumada “a kind of drink made with bitter almond essence” (Italian: semata)
şanoyo çık - “to go on stage (Italian: scena)
Tartalli “ox dung” (Italian: tartagliare)
As a result of the study titled "Italian Words in the Turkish Cypriot Dialect" by Nadejda Chirli and Ahmet Pehlivan, many common words stand out.
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