чувак

Possibly a word of Romani origin (compare Romani ćhavo) + -ак (-ak). Compare English chav.

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чува́к • (čuvák) m anim (genitive чувака́, nominative plural чуваки́, genitive plural чувако́в, feminine чуви́ха)

1. (slang) dude, guy, dawg

   Synonyms: па́рень (párenʹ), мужи́к (mužík), кент (kent)

• →? Lithuanian: čiuvakas, čiūvas

• челове́к (čelovék)

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чува́к • (čuvák) m inan (genitive чувака́, nominative plural чуваки́, genitive plural чувакі́в)

1. (regional) Alternative form of чув'я́к (čuvʺják, “soft shoe without heels (of mountainers in the Crimea and the Caucasus)”)

Either borrowed from Russian чува́к (čuvák) or, less likely, from the original Romani source. Compare English chav.

чува́к • (čuvák) m pers (genitive чувака́, nominative plural чуваки́, genitive plural чувакі́в, feminine чуви́ха)

1. (slang) dude, guy, dawg

• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “чува́к”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• “чувак”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)