чирак
Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چراق (çırak), from Persian چراغ (čerâgh).
Noun
чира́к • (čirák) m
- apprentice, student
Declension
Declension of чира́к
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | чира́к čirák | чира́ци čiráci |
| definite (subject form) | чира́кът čirákǎt | чира́ците čirácite |
| definite (object form) | чира́ка čiráka | |
| vocative form | чира́ко čiráko | чира́ци čiráci |
Macedonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چراق (çırak), from Persian چراغ (čerâgh).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃiɾak]
Noun
чирак • (čirak) m (plural чираци, feminine чирачка, related adjective чирачки, diminutive чираче)
- apprentice
Declension
Declension of чирак
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | чирак | чираци |
| definite unspecified | чиракот | чираците |
| definite proximal | чираков | чирациве |
| definite distal | чиракон | чирацине |
| vocative | чираку | чираци |
| count form | — | чирака |
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چراغ (çirâg, çerâg), from Persian چراغ (čerâgh, “lamp, light, wick”).
Alternative forms
- чѝрја̄к
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʃǐraːk/
- Hyphenation: чи‧рак
Noun
чѝра̄к m (Latin spelling čìrāk)
- (regional) candlestick
- (regional) official, clerk
Declension
Declension of чирак
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | чѝра̄к | чира́ци |
| genitive | чира́ка | чирака |
| dative | чирку | чирцима |
| accusative | чирак | чирке |
| vocative | чирче | чирци |
| locative | чирку | чирцима |
| instrumental | чирком | чирцима |
Synonyms
- (candlestick): све̑ћња̄к / свије̑ћња̄к
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چراق (çırak), from Persian چراغ (čerâgh). Akin to чира̀клук.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʃǐraːk/
- Hyphenation: чи‧рак
Noun
чѝра̄к m (Latin spelling čìrāk)
- (regional) apprentice, student, pupil
- (regional) servant
Declension
Declension of чирак
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | чирак | чираци |
| genitive | чирака | чирака |
| dative | чирку | чирцима |
| accusative | чирак | чирке |
| vocative | чирче | чирци |
| locative | чирку | чирцима |
| instrumental | чирком | чирцима |
Synonyms
- (apprentice): ка̑лфа, шѐгрт
References
- “чирак” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 177
- “чирак”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 6, Друго фототипско издање edition, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 882
- Речник српскога језика (2007, Прво издање), Нови Сад: Матица српска, page 1517