zak

From Afrikaans sak (“bag”). Doublet of sac and sack.

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zak (countable and uncountable, plural zaks)

1. (South Africa, slang) Money.
2. Sixpence or a small amount of money.

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• IPA^(key): /zɑk/

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• Hyphenation: zak
• Rhymes: -ɑk

From Middle Dutch sac, from Old Dutch sac, from Proto-West Germanic *sakku, from Proto-Germanic *sakkuz, from Latin saccus.

zak m (plural zakken, diminutive zakje n)

1. A pliable container made of textile, leather or paper such as bag, sack, sachet and pouch.

   Synonym: tas

2. A pocket.

   Ik heb niets op zak.

   My pockets are empty. (= I haven't got a penny on me.)

3. (slang) A scrotum

   Synonym: balzak

4. (slang, offensive, vulgar) A contraction of such insults for males as klootzak or rotzak, referring to the scrotum, roughly equivalent to "asshole".
5. (obsolete, slang, vulgar) A whore, cunt.

• Afrikaans: sak
  • → Fwe: mà-sákà (via Lozi)
  • → Zulu: saka
    • Fanagalo: saka
• Berbice Creole Dutch: saka
• Negerhollands: sak, saku, sakko
• Skepi Creole Dutch: sak
• → Lokono: sâka
• → Caribbean Javanese: sak
• → Kari'na: saki
• → Indonesian: sak, saku
• → Munsee: shàkiinótay
• → Saramaccan: sáku
• → Sranan Tongo: saka
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: sáká
  • → Caribbean Javanese: sakah

Borrowed from English sack.

zak m (plural zakken, diminutive zakje n)

1. A sack or 'tent', oversized or otherwise mismade female gown, dress.

From zakken.

zak m (plural zakken, diminutive zakje n)

1. (dialectal) The action of descending; a descent.
2. (Southern, dialectal) A physical depression; flattened area.

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• zakland n
• zakveen n

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

zak

1. inflection of zakken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

From French acte (“act”).

• IPA^(key): /zak/

zak

1. act, action

   Synonyms: ak, akt

zak (first-person possessive zakku, second-person possessive zakmu, third-person possessive zaknya)

1. sak