мерач

From Proto-Slavic *měračь; equivalent to ме́ря (mérja, “to measure”), dialectal ме́рям (mérjam, “to estimate, to narrow down, to aim”) + -ач (-ač).

мера́ч • (meráč) m

1. measurer, weighter

   Synonyms: оцени́тел (ocenítel), измерва́ч (izmerváč)

2. (military) marksman, gunner (soldier responsible of gun laying an artillery piece)
3. (dialectal, Banat) aimer, targeter (agent who aims well)

• мери́тел (merítel), измери́тел (izmerítel), измерва́ч (izmerváč, “measurer”)
• измерва́тел (izmervátel, “gauge, indicator”)
• мер (mer, “meter”) (in compounds)

• “мерач”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “мерач”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “мерач¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 743

By surface analysis, мери (meri) +‎ -ач (-ač).

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ме‧рач

мерач • (merač) m (plural мерачи, relational adjective мерачки)

1. measurer
2. measuring device

• мјѐра̄ч (Ijekavian)

• IPA^(key): /měraːt͡ʃ/
• Hyphenation: ме‧рач
• Rhymes: -raːt͡ʃ

мѐра̄ч m (Latin spelling mèrāč)

1. measurer, surveyor
2. measuring device