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sirtaki

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /sɜːˈtakɪ/
  • US: /sɚˈtɑki/
  • rhymes with -æki
  • rhymes with -ɑːki

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سِيرْتَاكِي (sīrtākī) — modern Greek folk dance
  • Armenian: սիրտակի (sirtaki) — modern Greek folk dance
  • Chinese Mandarin: 瑟塔基舞 (sètǎjīwǔ) — modern Greek folk dance
  • Finnish: sirtaki — modern Greek folk dance
  • French: sirtaki — modern Greek folk dance
  • Georgian: სირტაკი (sirṭaḳi) — modern Greek folk dance
  • German: Sirtaki — modern Greek folk dance
  • Greek: συρτάκι (syrtáki) — modern Greek folk dance
  • Hebrew: סִירְטָאקִי (sirtáki) — modern Greek folk dance
  • Italian: sirtaki — modern Greek folk dance
  • Japanese: シルタキ (shirutaki) — modern Greek folk dance
  • Korean: 시르타키 (sireutaki) — modern Greek folk dance
  • Lithuanian: sirtakis — modern Greek folk dance
  • Russian: сирта́ки (sirtáki) — modern Greek folk dance
  • Serbo-Croatian: сирта̏ки — modern Greek folk dance
  • Serbo-Croatian: sirtȁki — modern Greek folk dance
  • Turkish: sirtaki — modern Greek folk dance
  • Ukrainian: сирта́кі (syrtáki) — modern Greek folk dance