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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Russian козырекъ (kozyrek) (att. 1630), from Middle Russian козырь (kozyrʹ), further origin unclear. By surface analysis, ко́зырь (kózyrʹ) + -ёк (-jók). Akin to regional (Bialostok) Polish kozyrek, but that is quite likely a Russian borrowing.
Pronunciation
Noun
козырёк • (kozyrjók) m inan (genitive козырька́, nominative plural козырьки́, genitive plural козырько́в)
- (cap) peak, visor
- взять под козырёк ― vzjatʹ pod kozyrjók ― to salute
- (architecture) canopy, awning
1996, Виктор Пелевин, chapter 1, in Чапаев и пустота, ФТМ; English translation from Andrew Bromfield, transl., Buddha's Little Finger, Penguin Books, 1999:Пройдя невыразимо угнетающий двор, мы оказались перед дверью, над которой торчал чугунный козырёк с завитками и амурами в купеческом духе.- Projdja nevyrazimo ugnetajuščij dvor, my okazalisʹ pered dverʹju, nad kotoroj torčal čugunnyj kozyrjók s zavitkami i amurami v kupečeskom duxe.
- We walked across an inexpressibly bleak courtyard and found ourselves facing a door surmounted by a protruding canopy with volutes and cherubs in the old merchant style.
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