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Macedonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قرهغول. Ultimately from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠯ (qaraɣul).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: ка‧ра‧ул
Noun
караул • (karaul) m (plural караули)
- (archaic) sentry, guard, watch (armed guards)
- Synonym: стражар (stražar)
- (archaic) guard, watch (a person on guard)
- Synonym: чувар (čuvar)
Declension
References
- “караул” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
Russian
Etymology
A Turkic borrowing; compare Tatar каравыл (qarawıl), Kazakh қарауыл (qarauyl). Ultimately from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠯ (qaraɣul).
Pronunciation
Noun
карау́л • (karaúl) m inan (genitive карау́ла, nominative plural карау́лы, genitive plural карау́лов, relational adjective карау́льный)
- guard; watch
Declension
Interjection
карау́л! • (karaúl!)
- help!
1872, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], “Часть 3. Глава 5. Путешественница. III”, in Бесы; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Demons, Vintage Classics, 1994:— А я закричу́ карау́л, и вас в катала́жку возьму́т.
— А я немо́й, что ли? Я не закричу́ карау́л? Кому́ боя́ться карау́ла, вам и́ли мне?- — A ja zakričú karaúl, i vas v katalážku vozʹmút.
— A ja nemój, što li? Ja ne zakričú karaúl? Komú bojátʹsja karaúla, vam íli mne? - "And I'll shout for help and you'll be locked up." "And I'm mute, am I? Do you think I won't shout for help? Who should be more afraid of shouting for help, you or me?"
Descendants