Pantelleria

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Pantelleria, from Sicilian Pantiddirìa, from Arabic بِنْتُ الرِّياح (bintu ar-riyāḥ, “daugther of the winds”), perhaps through a dialectal Arabic form with a genitive particle (equivalent to a theoretical Maltese *bint tar-rjieħ, *bint tal-irjieħ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpæntəˈlɛəɹiə/, /ˌpʌntəˈlɛəɹiə/

Proper noun

Pantelleria

1. An inhabited volcanic island belonging to the province of Trapani, Sicily, between Italy and Tunisia.

Translations

Sicilian island

• Arabic: بَانْتِلِيرِيَا f (bāntilīriyā)
• Greek:

  Ancient: Κόσσυρα f (Kóssura), Κόσσυρος m (Kóssuros)

• Italian: Pantelleria (it) f
• Latin: Cossūra f
• Maltese: Pantellerija f
• Punic: 𐤉𐤓𐤍𐤌 (yrnm)
• Sicilian: Pantiddiria f

Italian

Etymology

From Sicilian Pantiddirìa, from Arabic بِنْتُ الرِّياح (bintu ar-riyāḥ, “daugther of the winds”), perhaps through a dialectal Arabic form with a genitive particle (equivalent to a theoretical Maltese *bint tar-rjieħ, *bint tal-irjieħ). The island was Arabic-speaking until the 18th century. Its older Latin name was Cossura.

Proper noun

Pantelleria f

1. Pantelleria (Sicilian island)

Derived terms

• pantesco