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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish درنك (dernek).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /děrnek/
- Hyphenation: der‧nek
Noun
dèrnek m (Cyrillic spelling дѐрнек)
- fair
- celebration, party
Declension
References
- “dernek” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 213
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish درنك (dernek), related to dermek (“to gather”). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *tēr- (“to collect, gather”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: der‧nek
Noun
dernek (definite accusative derneği, plural dernekler)
- a meeting, gathering, especially for a happy event to celebrate
- association, guild, league, organization
Declension
Derived terms