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sirtaki

/sɚˈtɑki/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sir-ta-ki
IPA
/sɚˈtɑki/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A modern Greek folk dance, a mixture of the slow and fast versions of the hasapiko dance.

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek συρτάκι (syrtáki), from συρτός (syrtós, a type of folk dance, literally “drawn, led”) + -άκι (-áki, diminutive suffix).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /sɚˈtɑki/
  • British English: /sɜːˈtakɪ/

Inflected Forms

sirtakis (plural) syrtaki (alternative)

Rhymes With

jackie wacky tacky khaki mackey mackie lackey paki bukkake hacky jacki raki

Questions

How do you pronounce sirtaki?
The recorded pronunciation is /sɚˈtɑki/.
What does sirtaki mean?
A modern Greek folk dance, a mixture of the slow and fast versions of the hasapiko dance.
Where does sirtaki come from?
It is traced to Greek.

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