сердюк

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سورتوك (streetwalker, dirty vagrant). Related to Turkish sürtük.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [serˈdʲuk]

Noun

сердю́к • (serdjúk) m pers (genitive сердю́ка, nominative plural сердю́ки, genitive plural сердю́ків)

  1. (historical) a serdyuk, a Cossack soldier who serves as a mercenary for the hetman under the Zaporizhian Army.

Declension

Synonyms

  • серденя́та (serdenjáta)

Derived terms

  • сердюкі́вна (serdjukívna, daughter of a serdyuk)
  • сердюче́нко (serdjučénko)
  • сердю́ччина (serdjúččyna, hetman's life guard)

Descendants

  • English: serdyuk

References

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