ανία
See also: ἀνία
Greek
Etymology
Learnedly, from Ancient Greek ἀνία (anía) & Semantic loan from French ennui.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈni.a/ compare to άνοια (ánoia)
- Hyphenation: α‧νί‧α
Noun
ανία • (anía) f (uncountable)
- boredom, tedium, ennui
- 1956, Μ. Καραγάτσης, Ο κίτρινος φάκελος:
- [...] κι ο Μάνος, για να διασκεδάσει την ανία του άρχισε να περιεργάζεται τους δέκα ανθρώπους του σαλονιού.
- [...] ki o Mános, gia na diaskedásei tin anía tou árchise na periergázetai tous déka anthrópous tou salonioú.
- [...] and Manos, in order to disperse his boredom, he began to scrutinize the ten people in the living room.
Declension
Related terms
- ανιαρά (aniará, “tediously, boringly”, adverb)
- ανιαρός (aniarós, “boring, tedious”, adjective)
- ανιαρότητα f (aniarótita, “dullness, boredom”)
Further reading
- ανία - Georgakas, Demetrius, 1908-1990 (1960-2009) A Modern Greek-English Dictionary [MGED online, 2009. letter α only], Centre for the Greek language
- ανία - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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