чирак

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چراق (çırak), from Persian چراغ (čerâğ).

Noun

чира́к • (čirák) m

  1. apprentice, student

Declension

References

  • Krǎsteva, Vesela (2003) “чирак”, in Тълковен речник на турцизмите в българския език [Explanatory Dictionary of Turkisms in the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Skorpio vi, page 229

Anagrams

  • чакри (čakri)

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چراق (çırak), from Persian چراغ (čerâğ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃiɾak]
  • Rhymes: -ak

Noun

чирак • (čirak) m (plural чираци, feminine чирачка, relational adjective чирачки, diminutive чираче)

  1. apprentice

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چراغ (çirâg, çerâg), from Persian چراغ (čerâğ, lamp, light, wick).

Alternative forms

  • чѝрја̄к

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃǐraːk/
  • Hyphenation: чи‧рак

Noun

чѝра̄к m (Latin spelling čìrāk)

  1. (regional) candlestick
  2. (regional) official, clerk
Declension
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چراق (çırak), from Persian چراغ (čerâğ). Akin to чира̀клук.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃǐraːk/
  • Hyphenation: чи‧рак

Noun

чѝра̄к m (Latin spelling čìrāk)

  1. (regional) apprentice, student, pupil
  2. (regional) servant
Declension
Synonyms

References

  • чирак” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 177
  • чирак”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 6, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 882
  • Речник српскога језика (2007, Прво издање), Нови Сад: Матица српска, page 1517
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