Macedonian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مراق (merak).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

мерак (merakm (plural мераци)

  1. wish, interest
  2. joy

Declension edit

References edit

  • мерак” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
  • Belčev, Tole (2016) “мерак”, in Речник на турцизми, архаизми, дијалектизми и ретко употребувани зборови во македонскиот јазик [Dictionary of Turkisms, Archaisms, Dialectisms and Rarely Used Words in the Macedonian Language]‎[1] (in Macedonian), Štip: UGD, →ISBN, page 112

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مراق (merak).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /měraːk/
  • Hyphenation: ме‧рак

Noun edit

мѐра̄к m (Latin spelling mèrāk)

  1. Desire, yearning, and enjoyment thereof
  2. Enjoyment of the simple things in life

Declension edit

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