чирак

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Bulgarian

Etymology

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

Noun

чира́к (čirákm

  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 (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Skorpio vi, page 229

Anagrams

Macedonian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

чирак (čirakm (plural чираци, feminine чирачка, relational adjective чирачки, diminutive чираче)

  1. apprentice

Declension

Declension of чирак
singular plural
indefinite чирак (čirak) чираци (čiraci)
definite unspecified чиракот (čirakot) чираците (čiracite)
definite proximal чираков (čirakov) чирациве (čiracive)
definite distal чиракон (čirakon) чирацине (čiracine)
vocative чираку (čiraku) чираци (čiraci)
count form чирака (čiraka)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چراغ (çirâg, çerâg), from Persian چراغ (čerâġ, lamp, light, wick).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Noun

чѝра̄к m inan or m anim (Latin spelling čìrāk)

  1. (regional, inanimate) candlestick
  2. (regional, animate) official, clerk
Synonyms

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

чѝра̄к m anim (Latin spelling čìrāk)

  1. (regional) apprentice, student, pupil
  2. (regional) servant
Synonyms

References

  • чирак”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • 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