φασόλι

Greek

Alternative forms

φασούλι (fasoúli) (colloquial)

Etymology

From Mediaeval Byzantine Greek φασόλιν (phasólin) < *φασιόλιον, from diminutive of Hellenistic Koine Greek φασίολος (phasíolos), a reborrowing from Latin phaseolus, diminutive of phaselus, from Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos) a bean probably of the Vigna genus.[1][2]. Also see φασούλι.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /faˈso.li/
Hyphenation: φα‧σό‧λι

Noun

φασόλι • (fasóli) n (plural φασόλια)

bean, of the genus Phaseolus

Declension

declension of φασόλι

case \ number	singular	plural
nominative	φασόλι •	φασόλια •
genitive	φασολιού •	φασολιών •
accusative	φασόλι •	φασόλια •
vocative	φασόλι •	φασόλια •

Derived terms

αμπελοφάσουλο m (ampelofásoulo, “runner bean”)
φασολάκι n (fasoláki, “French bean”)
φασολάδα f (fasoláda, “white bean soup”)
φασολιά f (fasoliá, “bean plant”)
φασίολος m (fasíolos, “bean”) (Katharevousa)

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: فاصولیه‎ (fasulye, fasulya), فصولیه‎ (fasulye, fasulya)
- Turkish: fasulye, fasulya; fasülye
- → Arabic: فَاصُولِيَاء‎ (fāṣūliyāʔ)
  - → Central Kurdish: فاسولیا‎ (fasulya)
  - → Oromo: fasooliyaa
- → Armenian: ֆասուլյա (fasulya)
- → Ladino: fasulya
→ Romanian: fasole

References

φασόλι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), “φασόλι”, in Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre

Further reading

φασόλι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

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