cornac

French edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /kɔʁ.nak/
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Noun edit

cornac m (plural cornacs)

mahout, elephant driver
(figuratively) guide

Derived terms edit

cornaquer (verb)

Further reading edit

“cornac”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French cornac.

Noun edit

cornac m (plural cornaci)

mahout

Declension edit

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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