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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چاق (çak).
Pronunciation
Adverb
čȁk (Cyrillic spelling ча̏к)
- even (used to emphasize something surprising or extreme)
- Čak i moja baba zna da to nije istina! ― Even my grandmother knows that that is not true!
- even (emphasizing a comparative)
- Bilo je teško, a sad je čak i teže. ― It was difficult, and now it is even more difficult.
Synonyms
Veps
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Finnic *sakëda
Noun
čak
- blood
References
- Nirvi, R. E. (1950) “Eräistä likaa ja rikkaa merkitsevien sanojen käyttötavoista”, in Virittäjä (in Finnish), pages 400-403