čilaš
Serbo-Croatian
editAlternative forms
edit- čílo (hypocoristic)
Etymology
editBorrowed from Ottoman Turkish چل آت (çilat), a compound of چل (çil, “freckle”) and آت (at, “horse”) (Turkish çil and at). Compare ȁt.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editčìlāš m (Cyrillic spelling чѝла̄ш)
Declension
editDeclension of čilaš
References
edit- “čilaš” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 176