avanie

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French aveinie, from Italian avania, from Byzantine Greek ἀβανία (abanía, cfr. modern Greek αβανιά (avaniá) “defamation, slander”), possibly from Arabic خَوَّان (ḵawwān, “unreliable, treacherous”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.va.ni/ Rhymes: -i === Noun === avanie f (plural avanies) (historical) avania (Ottoman tax) (figuratively, by extension) affront, insult; snub ==== Descendants ==== → Polish: awania === Further reading === “avanie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Noun === avanie f pl plural of avania