Etymology

tsifteteli

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Today it means: A sensuous belly dance of Turkish origin, that is found in many of the territories of the former Ottoman Empire, particularly Greece. Full definition →

Greek τσιφτετέλι ← Turkish çiftetelli
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  1. Turkish · derived fromçiftetelli
  2. Greek · borrowed fromτσιφτετέλι
  3. English todaytsifteteli

Borrowed from Greek τσιφτετέλι (tsiftetéli), from Turkish çiftetelli.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.