konak

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See also: koňak

English

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قوناق (konak, “mansion, station, inn”).

Pronunciation

Noun

konak (plural konaks)

  1. A palace or other large official residence in Turkey or the Ottoman Empire.
    • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, “Against the Day”, in Against the Day, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 841:
      It was a small pretty town with four minarets and one campanile and the Pasha's konak sprawling across the foothills.

Chuukese

Noun

konak

  1. dog

Indonesian

Noun

konak (plural konak-konak)

  1. (informal, vulgar) libido, sexual urges

See also

Karaim

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kon-.

Noun

konak

  1. guest

References

  • N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “konak”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قوناق (konak, “mansion, station, inn”).

Pronunciation

Noun

kònak m (Cyrillic spelling ко̀нак)

  1. inn, hostel
  2. accommodation

Declension

Declension of konak
singular plural
nominative kònak konaci
genitive konaka kȍnākā
dative konaku konacima
accusative konak konake
vocative konače konaci
locative konaku konacima
instrumental konakom konacima
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