Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پكمز (pekmez).

Noun

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pèkmez m (Cyrillic spelling пѐкмез)

  1. jam, marmalade (mixture of fruit boiled with sugar)
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) child who cries excessively, crybaby
  3. (colloquial, derogatory) person given to crying and complaining when something isn’t going well or needs to be done, sissy, crybaby

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish پكمز (pekmez).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [pecˈmæz]
  • Hyphenation: pek‧mez

Noun

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pekmez

  1. molasses