κουρασάνι

Greek

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish خراسانی (xorâsâni, “of Khorasani style”), from Persian (xorâsân, “Khorasan (toponym)”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ku.ɾaˈsa.ni/
Hyphenation: κου‧ρα‧σά‧νι

Noun

κουρασάνι • (kourasáni) n (plural κουρασάνια)

(architecture) high quality lime mortar which also includes brick dust and natural pozzolana
Hypernym: ασβεστοκονίαμα (asvestokoníama, “lime mortar”)

Declension

declension of κουρασάνι

case \ number	singular	plural
nominative	κουρασάνι •	κουρασάνια •
genitive	κουρασανιού •	κουρασανιών •
accusative	κουρασάνι •	κουρασάνια •
vocative	κουρασάνι •	κουρασάνια •

Coordinate terms

κονίαμα n (koníama, “mortar”)
αμμοκονίαμα n (ammokoníama, “mortar with sand”)
τσιμεντοκονία n (tsimentokonía, “cement mortar”)
κεραμίδι n (keramídi, “brick tile”)

References

κουρασάνι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.

Further reading

κουρασάνι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

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