ямщик
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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic ямьщикъ (jamĭščikŭ), from Turkic. Compare Tatar ямчы (yamçı), Turkish yamçı. Ultimately from Middle Mongol ᠵᠠᠮᠴᠢ (ǰamči). Ending modified under the influence of -щик (-ščik).
Pronunciation
Noun
ямщи́к • (jamščík) m anim (genitive ямщика́, nominative plural ямщики́, genitive plural ямщико́в)
- driver, coachman, charioteer, cabman, postilion engaged in transporting people and cargo by horse and carriage
- Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
- (criminal jargon) fence; brothel keeper
Declension
Declension of ямщи́к (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-b)
Synonyms
Related terms
- ям (jam), ямщичка (jamščička), ямщичиха (jamščičixa), ямщичество (jamščičestvo)
- ямско́й (jamskój), ямщицкий (jamščickij), ямщичий (jamščičij), ямщико́в (jamščikóv), ямщиковский (jamščikovskij), ямщичихин (jamščičixin), ямщичкин (jamščičkin)
- ямщичить (jamščičitʹ), ямщичничать (jamščičničatʹ), ямщиковать (jamščikovatʹ)
- по-ямщицки (po-jamščicki)