чирак

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چراق (çırak), from Persian چراغ (čerâğ).

Noun

чира́к • (čirák) m

  1. apprentice, student

Declension

Declension of чира́к
singular plural
indefinite чира́к
čirák 		чира́ци
čiráci
definite
(subject form) 		чира́кът
čirákǎt 		чира́ците
čirácite
definite
(object form) 		чира́ка
čiráka
vocative form чира́ко
čiráko 		чира́ци
čiráci

References

  • Krǎsteva, Vesela (2003) “чирак”, in Тълковен речник на турцизмите в българския език [Explanatory Dictionary of Turkisms in the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Skorpio vi, page 229

Anagrams

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چراق (çırak), from Persian چراغ (čerâğ).

Pronunciation

Noun

чирак • (čirak) m (plural чираци, feminine чирачка, relational adjective чирачки, diminutive чираче)

  1. apprentice

Declension

Declension of чирак
singular plural
indefinite чирак чираци
definite unspecified чиракот чираците
definite proximal чираков чирациве
definite distal чиракон чирацине
vocative чираку чираци
count form — чирака

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چراغ (çirâg, çerâg), from Persian چراغ (čerâğ, “lamp, light, wick”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃǐraːk/
  • Hyphenation: чи‧рак

Noun

чѝра̄к m (Latin spelling čìrāk)

  1. (regional) candlestick
  2. (regional) official, clerk
Declension
Declension of чирак
singular plural
nominative чѝра̄к чира́ци
genitive чира́ка чирака
dative чирку чирцима
accusative чирак чирке
vocative чирче чирци
locative чирку чирцима
instrumental чирком чирцима
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چراق (çırak), from Persian چراغ (čerâğ). Akin to чира̀клук.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʃǐraːk/
  • Hyphenation: чи‧рак

Noun

чѝра̄к m (Latin spelling čìrāk)

  1. (regional) apprentice, student, pupil
  2. (regional) servant
Declension
Declension of чирак
singular plural
nominative чирак чираци
genitive чирака чирака
dative чирку чирцима
accusative чирак чирке
vocative чирче чирци
locative чирку чирцима
instrumental чирком чирцима
Synonyms

References

  • “чирак” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 177
  • “чирак”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 6, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 882
  • Речник српскога језика (2007, Прво издање), Нови Сад: Матица српска, page 1517
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