čik

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See also: cik, ci·k, and -cik

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *criti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćritíš, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (“to incline, lean”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃik/ (tone class B)

Noun

čik (Pronz)[1]

  1. ladder

References

  1. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016) “č′ik”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From dialectal German Tschik, from French chique.

Noun

čȉk m (Cyrillic spelling чи̏к)

  1. (colloquial) cigarette stub
    Synonym: (standard word) òpušak
    • 2004, Hrvoje Hitrec, Kolarovi, Školska knjiga, Zagreb, page 655:
      Kako se samo smijao − pogne Adem glavu, rasplače se i čik mu ispadne iz usta.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of čik
singular plural
nominative čik čikovi
genitive čika čikova
dative čiku čikovima
accusative čik čikove
vocative čiče čikovi
locative čiku čikovima
instrumental čikom čikovima
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چيق (çık), equivalent to modern Turkish çık, imperative of çıkmak but also an interjection in its own right since Old Turkic times.

Interjection

čȉk

  1. if you dare
  2. I dare you
Derived terms
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