trok

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See also: trȫk

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian trotto.

Noun

trok m (plural trokë, definite troku, definite plural trokët)

  1. trot (of horses)
    e lëshoj trokmake trot
    lëshohet trokit trots
  2. jog, trot (of humans)
  3. footsteps (sound)

Derived terms

References

  • “trok”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 2028b
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “trok”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 525b
  • Jungg, G. (1895) Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 160b
  • Rossi, F. (1875) “tròk”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 1284a

Further reading

  • Meyer, G. (1891) “toká”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 431f.

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from South Slavic, whence Serbo-Croatian otrȍk and Slovene otrȍk (child, youngster), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *otròkъ.

Noun

trok m (plural troki, female equivalent troka)

  1. child, youngster, guy, dude, bloke
    • 1886, Antonio Ive, “Biografia dell'Udína, dettata da lui stesso”, in L'antico dialetto di Veglia [Udina's biography, dictated by himself] (overall work in Italian), page 136:
      Cun che jú jéra jáun de dikduát jéin, jú jái duot el prinsiáp de zar fúre de la mája cuósa, a spuás con certján tróki e tróke [].
      When I was eighteen years old, I started going out of my home with some guys and girls for fun .

References

  • Bartoli, Matteo (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /trɔk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔk

Etymology 1

Derived from trekken (to pull; (air flow) to draft).

Noun

trok m (plural trokken, diminutive trokje n or troksken n)

  1. (Brabant) current of air, draft
    Synonyms: tocht, trek
    Zit ni zo in diejen trok, sebiet schaarde 'n valling oep!
    Don't sit in such a drafty place, soon you'll catch a cold!

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

trok

  1. singular past indicative of trekken

References

Anagrams

Polish

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tȏrkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *tоrkʷ-ós, from the root *terkʷ- (to turn, spin).

Pronunciation

Noun

trok m inan (diminutive troczek)

  1. strap
    Synonym: rzemień
  2. (colloquial) ribbon, string
    Synonyms: sznurek, tasiemka

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
noun
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Further reading

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