чирак
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BulgarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چراق (çırak), from Persian چراغ (čerâgh).
NounEdit
чирак • (čirák) m
InflectionEdit
Inflection of чирак
MacedonianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چراق (çırak), from Persian چراغ (čerâgh).
NounEdit
чирак • (čirak) m
InflectionEdit
Declension of чирак
Serbo-CroatianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چراغ (çirâg, çerâg), from Persian چراغ (čerâgh, “lamp, light, wick”).
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
чѝра̄к m (Latin spelling čìrāk)
- (regional) candlestick
- (regional) official, clerk
DeclensionEdit
Declension of чирак
SynonymsEdit
- (candlestick): све̑ћња̄к / свије̑ћња̄к
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چراق (çırak), from Persian چراغ (čerâgh). Akin to чира̀клук.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
чѝра̄к m (Latin spelling čìrāk)
- (regional) apprentice, student, pupil
- (regional) servant
DeclensionEdit
Declension of чирак
SynonymsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “чирак” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- Abdulah Škaljić (1966), Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Svjetlost: Sarajevo, page 177
- “чирак”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 6, Друго фототипско издање edition, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 882
- Речник српскога језика (2007, Прво издање), Нови Сад: Матица српска, page 1517