obrok

English

Etymology

From Russian обро́к (obrók, rent, tribute).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈbɹoʊk/

Noun

obrok (plural obroks)

  1. A rent.
  2. In Russia, a poll tax paid by peasants absent from their lord's estate.
    • 1832, Remarks on the Conduct and Probable Designs of Russia:
      Those who have been taught a trade of any sort pay him a higher obrok than a mere cultivator, and he receives a passport to go and reside where he pleases

References

Anagrams

Polish

Horses eating.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *obrokъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔb.rɔk/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔbrɔk
  • Syllabification: ob‧rok

Noun

obrok m inan

  1. fodder for horses

Declension

Descendants

  • Yiddish: אָבראָק (obrok)

See also

Further reading

  • obrok in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • obrok in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *obrokъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǒbrok/
  • Hyphenation: o‧brok

Noun

òbrok m (Cyrillic spelling о̀брок)

  1. meal
  2. portion
  3. ration (military)

Declension

  • međuobrok

Further reading

  • obrok” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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