Dikoryfo
Community in Greece
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Dikoryfo (Greek: Δικόρυφο, before 1927: Ζωνδήλα, Zondila,[2] between 1927 and 1940: Δίκορφο, Dikorfo)[3] is a small village in the region of Epirus in Greece. The village is located to the north western side of Mount Mitsikeli.[4]
Dikoryfo
Δικόρυφο | |
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Dikoryfo | |
  Dikoryfo | |
| Coordinates: 39°47′13″N 20°48′00″E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Ioannina |
| Municipality | Zagori |
| Municipal unit | Central Zagori |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 38 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Name
The local form of the placename Tzontila is derived from the Albanian word çotill/ë -a, meaning 'stamp, wooden tool used to churn butter'.[4] It stems from the Albanian toçill/ë, -a, 'potter's wheel', which evolved through metathesis from Slavic words for whetstone, rendered as točilo in Bulgarian and točilj in Serbian.[5]
The placename was formed as tšotila, earlier çottila.[6] The tš sound became dž due to the nasal n in the preceding preposition or article in the expression zn tšotila, later zn džudila.[6] Additionally, the t was assimilated into d to match the preceding voiced consonant of dž-t to dž-d, and the unstressed o narrowed into an u sound.[6] The linguist Kostas Oikonomou stated the toponym's Albanian origin is also supported by the formation of the demonyms dždilat -s (masculine), dždilat -sa (feminine), which use the Albanian suffix -at(i) to form family and ethnic names.[6]
