zak

See also: Zak, żak, Żak, žák, and Žák

English

Etymology

From Afrikaans sak (“bag”). Doublet of sac and sack.

Pronunciation

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Noun

zak (countable and uncountable, plural zaks)

1. (South Africa, slang) Money.
2. Sixpence or a small amount of money.

Anagrams

• Kaz.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɑk/

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• Hyphenation: zak
• Rhymes: -ɑk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch sac, from Old Dutch sac, from Proto-West Germanic *sakku, from Proto-Germanic *sakkuz, from Latin saccus.

Noun

zak m (plural zakken, diminutive zakje n)

1. A pliable container made of textile, leather or paper such as bag, sack, sachet and pouch.

   Synonym: tas

2. A pocket.

   Ik heb niets op zak.

   My pockets are empty. (= I haven't got a penny on me.)

3. (slang) A scrotum

   Synonym: balzak

4. (slang, offensive, vulgar) A contraction of such insults for males as klootzak or rotzak, referring to the scrotum, roughly equivalent to "asshole".
5. (obsolete, slang, vulgar) A whore, cunt.

Derived terms

• afvalzak
• balzak
• doedelzak
• frietzak
• jutezak
• klootzak
• knapzak
• pennenzak
• puntzak
• rotzak
• rugzak
• slaapzak
• suikerzak
• vuilniszak
• wijnzak
• zakdoek
• zakkendrager
• zakkenroller
• zakkenvuller
• zakkenwasser
• zaklantaarn
• zaklopen
• zakmes
• zakrekenmachine
• zandzak

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sak
  • → Fwe: mà-sákà (via Lozi)
  • → Zulu: saka
    • Fanagalo: saka
• Berbice Creole Dutch: saka
• Negerhollands: sak, saku, sakko
• Skepi Creole Dutch: sak
• → Lokono: sâka
• → Caribbean Javanese: sak
• → Kari'na: saki
• → Indonesian: sak, saku
• → Munsee: shàkiinótay
• → Saramaccan: sáku
• → Sranan Tongo: saka
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: sáká
  • → Caribbean Javanese: sakah

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English sack.

Noun

zak m (plural zakken, diminutive zakje n)

1. A sack or 'tent', oversized or otherwise mismade female gown, dress.

Etymology 3

From zakken.

Noun

zak m (plural zakken, diminutive zakje n)

1. (dialectal) The action of descending; a descent.
2. (Southern, dialectal) A physical depression; flattened area.

Synonyms

• japon
• jurk

Derived terms

• zakland n
• zakveen n

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

zak

1. inflection of zakken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French acte (“act”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zak/

Noun

zak

1. act, action

   Synonyms: ak, akt

Indonesian

Noun

zak (first-person possessive zakku, second-person possessive zakmu, third-person possessive zaknya)

1. sak