čak

See also: cak and čăk

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• čăk (Torlakian)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چاق (çak).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃâk/

Adverb

čȁk (Cyrillic spelling ча̏к)

1. even (used to emphasize something surprising or extreme)

   Čak i moja baba zna da to nije istina! ― Even my grandmother knows that that is not true!

2. even (emphasizing a comparative)

   Bilo je teško, a sad je čak i teže. ― It was difficult, and now it is even more difficult.

Synonyms

• jȍš

Veps

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Finnic *sakëda

Noun

čak

1. blood

References

• Nirvi, R. E. (1950) “Eräistä likaa ja rikkaa merkitsevien sanojen käyttötavoista”, in Virittäjä‎^[1] (in Finnish), pages 400-403