aman: An exclamation of mercy, of Turkish origin.
amane (pl. amanedes): An improvised vocal solo. Derived from the word "aman" which was often the word used for the improvisation.
dervisi (pl. dervisades): In Turkish, a dervish, member of the Mevlevi sect. In rembetika, used to denote a hash smoker.
douzeni (pl. douzenia): Tunings used for the saz and bouzouki.
dromos (pl. dromoi): Mode, makam.
hasiklis (pl. hasiklides): A hash smoker
Logokrisia: Censorship
Loulas: The water bowl of the narghile.
mange (pl. manges): One of the many names by which members of the Greek underworld have been known. Throughout the years since Greece's independence, people related to these various sub-cultures have been known as koutsouvakidhes, mortes, daidhes, manges, rembetes. Each has been recognized by a certain mode of dress and its anti-social behavior.
makam (pl. makamlar): Mode, dromos
mavro, mavraki: Slang for hashish
narghile (arghile, mapa): The water pipe used in for smoking hasish.
opa, oples, ainte, yiala, yialeli, me det: Various exclamations used as gyrismata in rembetika and smyrneika. Some are of Turkish extraction.
rembet (pl. rembetes): The most well-known name given a member of the Greek urban sub-culture of the early 20th century. Originally thought to derive from the Turkish, Stathis Gauntlet has presented an analysis that throws this into doubt.
taxim (pl. taximia): An instrumental solo, improvised, originally an introduction to a song. It sets the mood and introduces the listener to the mode being used for the piece. An instrumental version of an amane.
teke (pl. tekedhes): A club where one could buy hasish and the use of a narghile in which to smoke it.