шик

From Persian شَک (šak, “doubt”), from Arabic شَكّ (šakk, “doubt, suspicion”).

Cognate with Tatar шик (şik), Kazakh шәк (şäk), шек (şek), Uzbek shak, Uyghur شەك (shek), Azerbaijani şəkk (“suspicion, doubt”).

• IPA^(key): ,
• Hyphenation: шик (one syllable)

шик • (şik)

1. suspicion

   Батшаның шиктәре нығына бара, ул Дауытты хатта ике тапҡыр үлтерергә тырыша.

   Batşanıñ şiktəre nığına bara, ul Dawıttı xatta ike tapqır ülterergə tırışa.

   The king's (Saul's) suspicions grow stronger, he even attempts twice to kill David.

2. doubt

• шөбһә (şöbhə), шом (şom)

• һис шикһеҙ (his şikheź, “beyond any doubt”)

Borrowed from French chic, probably via Russian шик (šik).

шик • (šik) m (relational adjective шик or шико́зен)

1. chic, elegance (good form; style)

шик • (šik) (indeclinable)

1. chic, elegant

шик • (šik) (comparative по́-шик, superlative на́й-шик)

1. chicly, elegantly

• “шик”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ik

шик • (šik) (indeclinable, comparative пошик, superlative најшик)

1. chic

Borrowed from French chic.

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ɨk

шик • (šik) m inan (genitive ши́ка, uncountable)

1. chic, stylishness, ostentatious smartness, good style

   с ши́ком

   s šíkom

   stylishly, in style, smart

   ра́ди ши́ка

   rádi šíka

   for swank

   • 1878, Александр Островский [Alexander Ostrovsky], “Действие первое. Явление второе”, in Бесприданница; English translation from Without a Dowry, (Please provide a date or year):

     Кну́ров. С ши́ком живё́т Пара́тов.
     Вожева́тов. Уж чего́ друго́го, а ши́ку дово́льно.

     Knúrov. S šíkom živjót Parátov.
     Voževátov. Už čevó drugóvo, a šíku dovólʹno.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• шика́рный (šikárnyj)
• шиковать (šikovatʹ)

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ɨk
• Hyphenation: шик

Borrowed from French chic, derived from German Schick.^[1]

шик • (šyk) m inan (genitive ши́ку, uncountable, relational adjective шика́рний or шико́вний)

1. chic

Borrowed from German Schick. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

шик • (šyk) m inan (genitive ши́ку, nominative plural ши́ки, genitive plural ши́ків)

1. (chiefly military, obsolete) line

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “шик”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “шик”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “шик”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)
• “шик”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)