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Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic поукъ (pukŭ), from Proto-Slavic *pǫkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *pank-. Compare Ukrainian пук (puk), Czech puk, Polish pęk.

Further cognates, per Vasmer, are Persian پنگ (pang, date palm cluster) and Latin pānus (millet ear).

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пук (pukm inan (genitive пу́ка, nominative plural пуки́, genitive plural пуко́в)

  1. wisp, bunch, bundle, tuft
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Etymology 2 edit

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пук (pukm inan (genitive пу́ка, nominative plural пу́ки, genitive plural пу́ков)

  1. poot, fart
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Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

From earlier *puok, from older плк, from Proto-Slavic *pъlkъ, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *fulkaz.

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Noun edit

пу̑к m (Latin spelling pȗk)

  1. folk, people
  2. (military, Serbia) regiment

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Further reading edit

  • пук” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • пук” in Hrvatski jezični portal