чирак

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چراق‎ (çırak), from Persian چراغ‎ (čerâgh).

Noun

чирак • (čirák) m

  1. apprentice, student

Inflection
Inflection of чирак
singular plural
indefinite чирак чираци
definite
(subject form)		 чиракът чираците
definite
(object form)		 чирака
count form — чирака
vocative form чирако чираци

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چراق‎ (çırak), from Persian چراغ‎ (čerâgh).

Noun

чирак • (čirak) m

  1. apprentice

Inflection
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)

  1. (regional) candlestick
  2. (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

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)

  1. (regional) apprentice, student, pupil
  2. (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

References
  • “чирак” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Abdulah Škaljić (1966), Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Svjetlost: Sarajevo, 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
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