čakšire

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Serbo-Croatian

Men wearing čakšire.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چاقشیر (çakşır); compare Turkish çakşır.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃǎkʃire/
  • Hyphenation: čak‧ši‧re

Noun

čàkšire f (Cyrillic spelling ча̀кшире)

  1. (plural only, regional, chiefly Serbia) a kind of woolen breeches, baggy above the knee but tight around the knee and lower leg
    • a. 1823, “Banović Strainja”, in Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, editor, Narodne srpske pjesme, volume 2, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, published 1823, page 124:
      Оћу њима руо пром’јенити,
      А у Турско руо облачити:
      Око главе бијеле кауке,
      А на плећи зелене доламе,
      А на ноге меневиш чакшире,
      О појасу сабље пламените;
      Oću njima ruo prom’jeniti,
      A u Tursko ruo oblačiti:
      Oko glave bijele kauke,
      A na pleći zelene dolame,
      A na noge meneviš čakšire,
      O pojasu sablje plamenite;
      I want to change their apparel,
      and in Turkish apparel dress them:
      around their heads white caouks,
      and on their shoulders green dolmans,
      and on their legs violet baggy breeches,
      in their belts fiery sabers;
  2. (plural only, regional, chiefly Serbia) the amount of cloth needed to produce a pair of čakšire, a breeches’-worth of cloth

Declension

References

  • čakšire”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • Đuro Daničić, editor (1880–1882), “čakšire”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 1, Zagreb: JAZU, page 884