obrok
English edit
Etymology edit
From Russian обро́к (obrók, “rent, tribute”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
obrok (plural obroks)
- A rent.
- In Russia, a poll tax paid by peasants absent from their lord's estate.
- 1832, Remarks on the Conduct and Probable Designs of Russia:
- Those who have been taught a trade of any sort pay him a higher obrok than a mere cultivator, and he receives a passport to go and reside where he pleases
References edit
- “obrok”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *obrokъ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
obrok m inan
- fodder for horses
Declension edit
Declension of obrok
Descendants edit
- Yiddish: אָבראָק (obrok)
See also edit
Further reading edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *obrokъ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
òbrok m (Cyrillic spelling о̀брок)
Declension edit
Declension of obrok
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “obrok” in Hrvatski jezični portal