Etymology

sirtaki

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Today it means: A modern Greek folk dance, a mixture of the slow and fast versions of the hasapiko dance. Full definition →

Greek συρτάκι
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  1. Greek · borrowed fromσυρτάκι
  2. English todaysirtaki

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

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