чифлиг
Macedonian edit
Alternative forms edit
- чифлик (čiflik)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چفتلك (çiftlik), cognates include Bulgarian чифли́к (čiflík).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
чифлиг • (čiflig) m
- (archaic) farm
- (historical) a kind of agricultural estate in the Ottoman Empire treated more landlord-like than a timar (тимар (timar))) and cultivated by de facto serfs