ако

By surface analysis, а (a, “but”) +‎ -ко (-ko) (interrogative particle).

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а́ко or ако́ • (áko or akó)

1. if

   ако и да ― ako i da ― even if

   осве́н ако ― osvén ako ― unless

2. (archaic, dialectal) nevertheless, anyways

   Synonym: обаче (obače)

• а́ли (áli, “though”) (dialectal)
• а́ще (ášte, “however, though”) (dated)
• оба́че (obáče, “however”) < *ob +‎ *ače

Childish onomatopoeia.

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а́ко • (áko) n

1. (childish) poo

   Synonym: а́ки (áki)

• а́кам (ákam)

• “ако”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “ако”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• ако in Bǎlgarski tǎlkoven rečnik
• ако in PONS - bǎlgarski-nemski prevod
• ако in Slovored - udarenija na dumi
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ако̀, а̀ко”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 6

• ока (oka)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jako.

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ако • (ako)

1. if

• This word is mostly used with verbs in the present tense and for realistic conditions. Otherwise, да (da) tends to be used.

ако • (ako)

1. (colloquial) A particle expressing or asking for permission.

   Нема да се вратам вечер дома. Ако? ― Nema da se vratam večer doma. Ako? ― I won't return home this evening. Is that all right?

   Ако да ја сменам бравата? ― Ako da ja smenam bravata? ― Is it all right if I change the lock?

• ако in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jako (“how, in which way”).

• IPA^(key): /âko/
• Hyphenation: а‧ко

а̏ко (Latin spelling ȁko)

1. if

   ако ово је крај ― if this is the end

Ако is used to express indicative mood; to express subjunctive mood, да or кад are generally used instead.

• че, чи (Kajkavian)