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ζευγάρι

Pronunciation: /zeˈvɣa.ri/

“ζευγάρι” is a Greek word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. couple, pair
  2. married or in romantic liaison, or acting together (of people)
  3. yoke (ie a pair of animals tied together for ploughing)
  4. a pair of male and female animals
  5. the other member of a pair (of matching things)
  6. a person or family's holding of land
  7. a unit of land area (variable according to village) of 25-30 hectares

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek ζευγάρι (zeugári), ζευγάριν (zeugárin), from ζευγάριον (zeugárion), diminutive of Ancient Greek ζεῦγος (zeûgos). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to join, tie together”).

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