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)

  1. hangman
  2. executioner
  3. (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
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