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Macedonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جلاد (cellat), from Arabic جَلَّاد (jallād).
Pronunciation
Noun
џелат • (dželat) m (plural џелати, relational adjective џелатски)
- executioner, hangman
- Synonyms: главосек (glavosek), главорез (glavorez), погубник (pogubnik), палач (palač), бесач (besač)
- (figuratively) tormentor, torturer
Declension
References
- “џелат” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جلاد (cellat), from Arabic جَلَّاد (jallād).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒělaːt/
- Hyphenation: џе‧лат
Noun
џѐла̄т m (Latin spelling džèlāt)
- (Bosnia, Serbia, regional) hangman, executioner
- (Bosnia, Serbia, regional) oppressor
Declension
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