μανιτάρι

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek mushroom name ἀμᾱνί̄της (amāní̄tēs), from the mountain range Ᾰ̓́μᾱνος (Ámānos) with the provenience suffix -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs), plus the later colloquial suffix +‎ -άρι (-ári).

Noun

μανιτάρι • (manitári) n (plural μανιτάρια)

  1. mushroom (the fruiting body of a fungus)

Declension
declension of μανιτάρι
case     \     number singular plural
nominative μανιτάρι • μανιτάρια •
genitive μανιταριού • μανιταριών •
accusative μανιτάρι • μανιτάρια •
vocative μανιτάρι • μανιτάρια •

Synonyms
  • μύκης m (mýkis)
  • αμανίτης m (amanítis)

Descendants
  • → Ottoman Turkish: مانطار (mantar), منطر (mantar), مانطر (mantar)
    • Turkish: mantar
    • → Armenian: մանթար (mantʻar), մանթառ (mantʻaṙ)

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