jedek

See also: Jedek

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یدك (yedek) (compare Turkish yedek).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jědek/
• Hyphenation: je‧dek

Noun

jèdek m (Cyrillic spelling јѐдек) (regional)

1. parade horse
2. halter rope, rope by which a horse is tied or led
3. mooring rope, rope by which a boat is tied
4. tug-of-war
5. spare or reserve part of some equipment
6. (rare) equipment, gear, kit in general

References

• “jedek” in Hrvatski jezični portal
• Pero Budmani, editor (1892-1897), “jèdek”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 4, Zagreb: JAZU, page 525