dželat
See also: dzēlāt and dzeļat
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish cellat), from Persian جلاد, from Arabic جَلَّاد (jallād), from verbal root جلد (“to flagellate, whip”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dʒělaːt/
- Hyphenation: dže‧lat
Noun
džèlāt m (Cyrillic spelling џѐла̄т)
- hangman
- executioner
- (figuratively) oppressor
Declension
Declension of dželat
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dželat | dželati |
| genitive | dželata | dželata |
| dative | dželatu | dželatima |
| accusative | dželata | dželate |
| vocative | dželate | dželati |
| locative | dželatu | dželatima |
| instrumental | dželatom | dželatima |