αντέτι

Greek

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish عادت (adet). Ultimately from Arabic عَادَة (ʕāda).[1] [2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈdeti/
Hyphenation: α‧ντέ‧τι

Noun

αντέτι • (antéti) n (plural αντέτια)

(vernacular, rare) habit, custom, unwritten law
το ’χουν αντέτι ― to ’choun antéti ― they have this custom

Synonyms

συνήθεια f (synítheia, “habit”) (standard)

References

αντέτι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (1964) Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Great Dictionary of the entire Greek Language] (in Greek), Athens: Hellenic Paideia

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