cenk

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Persian جنگ (jang).

Noun

cenk

  1. war

Declension

Declension of cenk
singular plural
nominative cenk cenkler
genitive cenkniñ cenklerniñ
dative cenkke cenklerge
accusative cenkni cenklerni
locative cenkte cenklerde
ablative cenkten cenklerden

References

Gagauz

Etymology

From Persian جنگ (jang).

Noun

cenk

  1. war

Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

cenk (plural cenkek)

  1. (archaic, literary) rotter, cad (a worthless, despicable person)
  2. (obsolete or dialectal) dog, hunting dog
    1. (obsolete or dialectal) puppy
  3. (obsolete or dialectal) lad, stripling

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative cenk cenkek
accusative cenket cenkeket
dative cenknek cenkeknek
instrumental cenkkel cenkekkel
causal-final cenkért cenkekért
translative cenkké cenkekké
terminative cenkig cenkekig
essive-formal cenkként cenkekként
essive-modal — —
inessive cenkben cenkekben
superessive cenken cenkeken
adessive cenknél cenkeknél
illative cenkbe cenkekbe
sublative cenkre cenkekre
allative cenkhez cenkekhez
elative cenkből cenkekből
delative cenkről cenkekről
ablative cenktől cenkektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		cenké cenkeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		cenkéi cenkekéi
Possessive forms of cenk
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. cenkem cenkjeim
2nd person sing. cenked cenkjeid
3rd person sing. cenkje cenkjei
1st person plural cenkünk cenkjeink
2nd person plural cenketek cenkjeitek
3rd person plural cenkjük cenkjeik

References

  • Tótfalusi, István. Magyar értelmező kéziszótár A–Z-ig (’Hungarian Concise Explanatory Dictionary from A to Z’). Budapest: Merényi Könyvkiadó, 1996. →ISBN

Further reading

  • cenk in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • cenk in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جنك (cenk), from Middle Persian or Persian جنگ (jang).

Pronunciation

Noun

cenk (definite accusative cengi, plural cenkler)

  1. (obsolete) war
    Synonym: savaş

Declension

Inflection
Nominative cenk
Definite accusative cengi
Singular Plural
Nominative cenk cenkler
Definite accusative cengi cenkleri
Dative cenge cenklere
Locative cenkte cenklerde
Ablative cenkten cenklerden
Genitive cengin cenklerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular cengim cenklerim
2nd singular cengin cenklerin
3rd singular cengi cenkleri
1st plural cengimiz cenklerimiz
2nd plural cenginiz cenkleriniz
3rd plural cenkleri cenkleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular cengimi cenklerimi
2nd singular cengini cenklerini
3rd singular cengini cenklerini
1st plural cengimizi cenklerimizi
2nd plural cenginizi cenklerinizi
3rd plural cenklerini cenklerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular cengime cenklerime
2nd singular cengine cenklerine
3rd singular cengine cenklerine
1st plural cengimize cenklerimize
2nd plural cenginize cenklerinize
3rd plural cenklerine cenklerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular cengimde cenklerimde
2nd singular cenginde cenklerinde
3rd singular cenginde cenklerinde
1st plural cengimizde cenklerimizde
2nd plural cenginizde cenklerinizde
3rd plural cenklerinde cenklerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular cengimden cenklerimden
2nd singular cenginden cenklerinden
3rd singular cenginden cenklerinden
1st plural cengimizden cenklerimizden
2nd plural cenginizden cenklerinizden
3rd plural cenklerinden cenklerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular cengimin cenklerimin
2nd singular cenginin cenklerinin
3rd singular cenginin cenklerinin
1st plural cengimizin cenklerimizin
2nd plural cenginizin cenklerinizin
3rd plural cenklerinin cenklerinin

Further reading

  • “cenk”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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