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