кент

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See also: kent, Kent, ként, and -ként

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic كەنت
Cyrillic кент
Latin kent

Etymology

From Sogdian 𐼸𐼰𐼻𐼹 (kand, city). Compare Uzbek kent, Turkish kent.

Noun

кент (kent)

  1. (archaic) city
  2. town
  3. urban-type settlement

Declension

See also

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish קענט (kent), באַקענט (bakent, familiar, well-known); see קענען (kenen, to know).

Pronunciation

Noun

кент (kentm anim (genitive кента́, nominative plural кенты́, genitive plural кенто́в)

  1. (slang) dude, guy, homey
    Synonyms: па́рень (párenʹ), друг (drug), чува́к (čuvák), ко́реш (kóreš), прия́тель (prijátelʹ)

Declension

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кент (kent).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: кент

Noun

кент (kentm pers (genitive кента́, nominative plural кенти́, genitive plural кенті́в)

  1. (slang, masculine) a dude, friend, homie
    Synonym: чува́к (čuvák)

Declension

Further reading

  • Kondratiuk, T. M. (2006) “кент”, in Словник сучасного українського сленгу [Dictionary of Modern Ukrainian Slang] (in Ukrainian), Kharkiv: Folio, →ISBN