čirak

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See also: çirak and çırak

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چراغ (çirâg, çerâg), from Persian چراغ (čerâğ, lamp, light, wick).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃǐraːk/
  • Hyphenation: či‧rak

Noun

čìrāk m (Cyrillic spelling чѝра̄к)

  1. (regional) candlestick
    Synonyms: svȇćnjāk, svijȇćnjāk
  2. (regional) official, clerk
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چراق (çırak), from Persian چراغ (čerâğ). Akin to čiràkluk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃǐraːk/
  • Hyphenation: či‧rak

Noun

čìrāk m (Cyrillic spelling чѝра̄к)

  1. (regional) apprentice, student, pupil
    Synonyms: kȃlfa, šègrt
  2. (regional) servant
Declension

References

  • čirak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 177
  • čirak”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 6, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 882
  • Речник српскога језика (2007, Прво издање), Нови Сад: Матица српска, page 1517