τσιράκι

Greek

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چراغ (çerağ, çırağ), چراق (çırak), from Persian چراغ (čarâğ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡siˈɾa.ci/

Noun

τσιράκι • (tsiráki) n (plural τσιράκια)

1. apprentice, underling
2. (figuratively) creep, sycophant

Declension

declension of τσιράκι

case     \     number	singular	plural
nominative	τσιράκι •	τσιράκια •
genitive	τσιρακιού •	τσιρακιών •
accusative	τσιράκι •	τσιράκια •
vocative	τσιράκι •	τσιράκια •
Some dictionaries say that the genitive forms are absent.

Synonyms

• (apprentice): μαθητευόμενος m (mathitevómenos)
• (creep): συκοφάντης m (sykofántis)