See also: целят

Macedonian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جلاد (cellat), from Arabic جَلَّاد (jallād).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛɫat]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: џе‧лат

Noun edit

џелат (dželatm (plural џелати, relational adjective џелатски)

  1. executioner, hangman
    Synonyms: главосек (glavosek), главорез (glavorez), погубник (pogubnik), палач (palač), бесач (besač)
  2. (figuratively) tormentor, torturer

Declension edit

References edit

  • џелат” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جلاد (cellat), from Arabic جَلَّاد (jallād).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒělaːt/
  • Hyphenation: џе‧лат

Noun edit

џѐла̄т m (Latin spelling džèlāt)

  1. (Bosnia, Serbia, regional) hangman, executioner
  2. (Bosnia, Serbia, regional, qualifier) oppressor

Declension edit