τσιράκι

Greek

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چراغ (çerağ, çırağ), چراق (çırak), from Persian چراغ (čarâğ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡siˈɾa.ci/

Noun

τσιράκι • (tsiráki) n (plural τσιράκια)

  1. apprentice, underling
  2. (figuratively) creep, sycophant

Declension
declension of τσιράκι
case     \     number singular plural
nominative τσιράκι • τσιράκια •
genitive τσιρακιού • τσιρακιών •
accusative τσιράκι • τσιράκια •
vocative τσιράκι • τσιράκια •
Some dictionaries[1] say that the genitive forms are absent.

Synonyms

References
  1. τσιράκι - Babiniotis, Georgios (2008) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 3rd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
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