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English
Etymology
From Russian зэ́к (zɛ́k), probably representing a pronunciation of з/к (z/k), Soviet abbreviation of заключённый каналоармеец (zaključónnyj kanaloarmejec, “prisoner member of the Canal army”).
Pronunciation
Noun
zek (plural zeks)
- A prisoner at a Russian prison, especially (historical) at a Soviet labour camp.
1988, Natan Sharansky, translated by Stefani Hoffman, Fear No Evil, page 235:Every prisoner who recants is a potential influence on other zeks to do likewise.
2004 February 8, Jason Burke, The Observer:There are the zeks, the survivors of the gulags, some honest about their experiences, others still deluded or traumatised decades later.
Anagrams
Basque
Noun
zek
- ergative indefinite of ze
Breton
Numeral
zek
- Soft mutation of dek.
Wutunhua
Noun
zek
- alcohol
References
- Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN