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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ukrainian чека́н (čekán), from Old East Slavic чеканъ (čekanŭ), from Proto-Slavic *čekanъ, from a Turkic language. Corresponds with many other cognates, including Romanian ciocan, Bulgarian чук (čuk), чукан (čukan), Serbo-Croatian čekić, Albanian çekan, Hungarian csákány.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʂɛ.kan/
- Rhymes: -ɛkan
- Syllabification: cze‧kan
Noun
czekan m inan
- ice ax, piolet, ice axe
- (historical) hammer-axe, axe-hammer
- Synonyms: obuch, obuszek
- pickaxe, pick
- Synonyms: kilof, oskard
Declension
Further reading
- czekan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- czekan in Polish dictionaries at PWN