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