"γιαγιά" meaning in Greek

See γιαγιά in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʝaˈʝa/
Etymology: Nursery word, compare μαμά (mamá, “mom”), μπαμπάς (bampás, “dad”), νταντά (ntantá, “nanny”), and νενέ (nené, “granny”, now obsolete). Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|γιαγιάδες|||||masculine|παππούς|||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=|ts=}} γιαγιά • (giagiá) f (plural γιαγιάδες, masculine παππούς), {{el-noun|f|γιαγιάδες|m=παππούς}} γιαγιά • (giagiá) f (plural γιαγιάδες, masculine παππούς) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|γιαγιά|γιαγιάδες|γιαγιάς|γιαγιάδων|γιαγιά|γιαγιάδες|γιαγιά|γιαγιάδες|note=}} Forms: giagiá [romanization], γιαγιάδες [plural], παππούς [masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], γιαγιά [nominative, singular], γιαγιάδες [nominative, plural], γιαγιάς [genitive, singular], γιαγιάδων [genitive, plural], γιαγιά [accusative, singular], γιαγιάδες [accusative, plural], γιαγιά [singular, vocative], γιαγιάδες [plural, vocative]
  1. grandmother, grandma, granny, nan, nanna (mother of one's parent) Categories (topical): Family, Female family members
    Sense id: en-γιαγιά-el-noun-vUkbpqB1 Disambiguation of Family: 47 53 Disambiguation of Female family members: 49 51 Categories (other): Greek entries with incorrect language header, Greek onomatopoeias, Greek terms of address, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Greek onomatopoeias: 53 47 Disambiguation of Greek terms of address: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 43
  2. (colloquial, by extension, very impolite) granny, grandma (to address or refer to any old woman) Tags: broadly, colloquial Categories (topical): Family, Female family members
    Sense id: en-γιαγιά-el-noun-AWphZRZd Disambiguation of Family: 47 53 Disambiguation of Female family members: 49 51 Categories (other): Greek entries with incorrect language header, Greek nouns declining like 'μαμά', Greek onomatopoeias, Greek terms of address, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'μαμά': 41 59 Disambiguation of Greek onomatopoeias: 53 47 Disambiguation of Greek terms of address: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: γιαγιάκα (giagiáka) [diminutive, feminine], γιαγιούλα (giagioúla) [diminutive, feminine], βαβά (vavá) [dialectal, feminine], μάμμη (mámmi) [dialectal, feminine], νενέ (nené) [dialectal, feminine], νόνα (nóna) [dialectal, feminine] Related terms: προγιαγιά (progiagiá) (english: great-grandmother) [feminine], παππούς (pappoús) (english: grandfather) [masculine], παππούδες (pappoúdes) (english: grandparents) [masculine, plural] Coordinate_terms: see: Appendix:Greek vocabulary, Family

Inflected forms

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      ],
      "word": "βαβά"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mámmi",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μάμμη"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nené",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "νενέ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nóna",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "νόνα"
    }
  ],
  "word": "γιαγιά"
}

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