μακάρι

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek μακάριν, μακάρι (makárin, makári), from Koine Greek μακάριον (makárion), from Ancient Greek μακάριος (makários).

Particle

μακάρι • (makári)

  1. I wish, if only
    Μακάρι να ξεχαστούμε όλοι.
    Makári na xechastoúme óloi.
    If only we were all forgotten.
    (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Synonyms

Descendants

Through Medieval Greek:

  • → Asturian: magar
  • → Italian: magari
  • → Ladino: makare
  • → Old Galician-Portuguese: macar
  • → Romanian: măcar
  • → Serbo-Croatian: makar
  • → Sicilian: macari
  • → Spanish: maguer
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