cornac

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cornaca, from Sinhalese කූරුව-නායක (kūruwa-nāyaka, “elephant trainer”), from කූරුව (kūruwa, “elephant department”) + Sanskrit नायक (nāyaka, “guide, leader”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔʁ.nak/
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Noun

cornac m (plural cornacs)

  1. mahout, elephant driver
  2. (figuratively) guide

Derived terms

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cornac.

Noun

cornac m (plural cornaci)

  1. mahout

Declension
Declension of cornac
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) cornac cornacul (niște) cornaci cornacii
genitive/dative (unui) cornac cornacului (unor) cornaci cornacilor
vocative cornacule cornacilor
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