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Dhimotiki

Dhimotiki proper noun: demotic Greek.

Proper noun

Dhimotiki

  1. Demotic Greek.
    • To many, Dhimotiki was seen as a more pliable, more creative, variety than Katharevousa.2005, Robert McColl Millar, Language, Nation and Power, Palgrave Macmillan, page 88
    • In 1903, when a translation of the Bible appeared in Dhimotikí, this actually resulted in public riots, led by indignant supporters of Katharévousa, and the deaths of eight people in the rioting in Athens.2019, Language and Society, Andrew Simpson, Oxford University Press, p. 116

Forms of Dhimotiki

alternative formdhimotiki
alternative formDimotiki

Origin of Dhimotiki

Borrowed from Greek δημοτική (γλώσσα) (dimotikí (glóssa), “[language] of the people”).

Questions about Dhimotiki

What does Dhimotiki mean?
Dhimotiki means demotic Greek.
What part of speech is Dhimotiki?
Dhimotiki is a proper noun.

Words near Dhimotiki in the dictionary

  1. dhimmi
  2. Dhimmicrat
  3. Dhimmicrats
  4. dhimmis
  5. dhimmitude
  6. Dhimotiki
  7. dhimwit
  8. dhimwits
  9. dhindo
  10. Dhingra
  11. Dhingras

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