τσαγκάρης

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Byzantine Greek τσαγκάρης (tsankárēs), from Mediaeval and Late Koine Greek τσαγκάριος (tsankários) & τζαγκάριος (tzankários),^[1] τζαγγάριος (tzangários) with simplification of ⟨γγ > γκ⟩, from Koine Greek τζάγγη (tzángē)^[2] + -άριος (-ários).^[3] The Hellenistic term, chiefly in the plural, found as a transcription^[4] of Late Latin zancha / tzanga, from Persian (zângâ)^[5] as in Parthian. Cognates include the Byzantine Greek τζαγγίον n (tzangíon, “a kind of Byzantine shoe”) and possibly the modern τσαγανό n (tsaganó). Compare Italian zingaro (“Gypsy”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡saŋˈɡa.ɾis/
IPA^(key): /t͡saˈɡa.ɾis/ (sometimes, in fast speech)
Hyphenation: τσα‧γκά‧ρης

Noun

τσαγκάρης • (tsagkáris) m (plural τσαγκάρηδες, feminine τσαγκάρισσα)

maker or repairer of shoes or sandals

Declension

Declension of **τσαγκάρης**
	singular	plural
nominative	τσαγκάρης (tsagkáris)	τσαγκάρηδες (tsagkárides)
genitive	τσαγκάρη (tsagkári)	τσαγκάρηδων (tsagkáridon)
accusative	τσαγκάρη (tsagkári)	τσαγκάρηδες (tsagkárides)
vocative	τσαγκάρη (tsagkári)	τσαγκάρηδες (tsagkárides)

Synonyms

υποδηματοποιός (ypodimatopoiós)
παπουτσής (papoutsís)

Related terms

τσαγκαράδικο n (tsagkarádiko, “a shoe repair shop”)
Τσαγκάρης m (Tsagkáris, a male surname)
τσαγκάρικο n (tsagkáriko, “a shoe repair shop”)
τσαγκαροδευτέρα f (tsagkarodeftéra, “formally a holiday, currently used to identify a personal holiday or unpaid day off”)

(possibly related) τσαγανό n (tsaganó)

References

^ “τζαγκάριος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
^ “τζάγγη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
^ τσαγκάρης, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
^ "τζάγγη" - Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (1964) [1936–1950], Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Méga lexikón hólēs tês Hellēnikês glṓssēs, Great Dictionary of the entire Greek Language] (in Katharevousa), 2nd edition (in 15 volumes), Athens: Hellenic Paideia (abbreviations - of authors)
^ τσαγκάρης - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre

[1] “τζαγκάριος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

[2] “τζάγγη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

[3] τσαγκάρης, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

[4] "τζάγγη" - Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (1964) [1936–1950], Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Méga lexikón hólēs tês Hellēnikês glṓssēs, Great Dictionary of the entire Greek Language] (in Katharevousa), 2nd edition (in 15 volumes), Athens: Hellenic Paideia (abbreviations - of authors)

[5] τσαγκάρης - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre

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