IN GREEK
χανούμισσα
chanoumissa
Turkish lady; a pampered woman
IN TURKISH
hanım
hanım
lady, madam; wife
WEAR THE WORD
χανούμισσα in blue ink and hanım in red, on a T shirt, a tote or a mug.
THE RECORD
- LENT BY, BORROWED BY
- Turkish to Greek
- STARTED IN
- Turkish
- CATEGORY
- People and family
- HOW THE MEANING DRIFTED
- Greek uses it of a Turkish woman or ironically of a pampered woman; Turkish is a neutral polite term.
- NOTES
- Dated in Greek.
COMMENTS
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SOURCES
- Nişanyan Sözlük (checked online)
Etymologies are checked against the dictionaries and studies listed. An entry is stamped settled only when both the Greek and the Turkish side have been checked. Research for this ledger was compiled with AI assistance and reviewed by the editors.
HOW TO CITE THIS ENTRY
Gold, K. (ed.) (2026) ‘χανούμισσα / hanım’, entry 282, Defter ή Tefteri: a ledger of shared Greek and Turkish words. https://defteritefteri.com/en/w/282-chanoumissa/. Accessed [day month year].