zak

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See also: Zak, żak, Żak, žák, and Žák

English

Etymology

From Afrikaans sak (“bag”). Doublet of sac and sack.

Pronunciation

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Noun

zak (countable and uncountable, plural zaks)

  1. (South Africa, slang) Money.
  2. Sixpence or a small amount of money.

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch sac, from Old Dutch sac, from Proto-West Germanic *sakku, from Proto-Germanic *sakkuz, from Latin saccus.

Noun

zak m (plural zakken, diminutive zakje n)

  1. A pliable container made of textile, leather or paper such as bag, sack, sachet and pouch.
    Synonym: tas
  2. A pocket.
    Ik heb niets op zak.
    My pockets are empty. (= I haven't got a penny on me.)
  3. (slang) A scrotum
    Synonym: balzak
  4. (slang, offensive, vulgar) A contraction of such insults for males as klootzak or rotzak, referring to the scrotum, roughly equivalent to "asshole".
  5. (obsolete, slang, vulgar) A whore, cunt.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: sak
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: saka
  • Negerhollands: sak, saku, sakko
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: sak
  • → Lokono: sâka
  • → Caribbean Javanese: sak
  • → Kari'na: saki
  • → Indonesian: sak, saku
  • → Munsee: shàkiinótay
  • → Saramaccan: sáku
  • → Sranan Tongo: saka
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: sáká
    • → Caribbean Javanese: sakah

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English sack.

Noun

zak m (plural zakken, diminutive zakje n)

  1. A sack or 'tent', oversized or otherwise mismade female gown, dress.

Etymology 3

From zakken.

Noun

zak m (plural zakken, diminutive zakje n)

  1. (dialectal) The action of descending; a descent.
  2. (Southern, dialectal) A physical depression; flattened area.
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

zak

  1. inflection of zakken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French acte (“act”).

Pronunciation

Noun

zak

  1. act, action
    Synonyms: ak, akt

Indonesian

Noun

zak (first-person possessive zakku, second-person possessive zakmu, third-person possessive zaknya)

  1. sak
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