konak
See also: koňak
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kəʊˈnɑːk/
Noun
konak (plural konaks)
- A palace or other large official residence in Turkey or the Ottoman Empire.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 943:
- It was a small pretty town with four minarets and one campanile and the Pasha's konak sprawling across the foothills.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 943:
References
- "konak." Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster. 2002.
Chuukese
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قوناق (“mansion, station, inn”) (Turkish konak).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kǒnak/
Declension
Declension of konak
singular | plural | |
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nominative | kònak | konaci |
genitive | konaka | kȍnākā |
dative | konaku | konacima |
accusative | konak | konake |
vocative | konak | konaci |
locative | konaku | konacima |
instrumental | konakom | konacima |
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