γάντζος

Greek

Alternative forms

γάντσος (gántsos) – obsolete

Etymology

From Venetian ganzo. Also from Ottoman Turkish قانجه‎ (kanca, kance) in the forms γάντζα (gántza), κάντζα (kántza).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɣan.dzos/
Hyphenation: γάν‧τζος

Noun

γάντζος • (gántzos) m (plural γάντζοι)

hook
hook (used for hanging stock)
butcher's hook

Declension

declension of γάντζος

	singular	plural
nominative	γάντζος •	γάντζοι •
genitive	γάντζου •	γάντζων •
accusative	γάντζο •	γάντζους •
vocative	γάντζε •	γάντζοι •

Synonyms

άγκιστρο n (ágkistro, “various hooks”)
αγκίστρι n (agkístri, “fishhook”)
τσιγκέλι n (tsigkéli, “butcher's hook”)

Derived terms

αγάντζωτος (agántzotos, “unhooked”)
γάντζωμα n (gántzoma, “hook”)
γαντζώνω (gantzóno, “I hook”)
ξεγαντζώνω (xegantzóno, “unhook”)

References

Kahane, Henry R.; Kahane, Renée; Tietze, Andreas (1958) The Lingua Franca in the Levant: Turkish Nautical Terms of Italian and Greek Origin, Urbana: University of Illinois, pages 244–247

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