karakan

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɾaˈkan/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ra‧kan

Verb

karakán (Basahan spelling ᜃᜍᜃᜈ᜔)

  1. plural of kakan

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian тарака́н (tarakán), possibly of Turkic origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈra.kan/
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  • Rhymes: -akan
  • Syllabification: ka‧ra‧kan

Noun

karakan m animal

  1. (colloquial) cockroach
    Synonyms: francuz, karaczan, karaluch, prusak

Declension

Noun

karakan m pers

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) manlet, shorty, shrimp
    Synonyms: knypek, kurdupel, pokurcz

Declension

Further reading

  • karakan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • karakan in Polish dictionaries at PWN