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Russian
Etymology
First attested in the first half of 18th century. From игра́ (igrá, “game”) + -ок (-ok).
Pronunciation
Noun
игро́к • (igrók) m anim (genitive игрока́, nominative plural игроки́, genitive plural игроко́в)
- player
- gambler
Declension
Related terms
References
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “игра”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 334