čirak

See also: çirak and çırak

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چراغ (çirâg, çerâg), from Persian چراغ (čerâğ, “lamp, light, wick”).

Alternative forms
  • čìrjāk

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʃǐraːk/
  • Hyphenation: či‧rak

Noun

čìrāk m (Cyrillic spelling чѝра̄к)

  1. (regional) candlestick
    Synonyms: svȇćnjāk, svijȇćnjāk
  2. (regional) official, clerk
Declension
Declension of čirak
singular plural
nominative čìrāk čiráci
genitive čiráka čiraka
dative čirku čircima
accusative čirak čirke
vocative čirče čirci
locative čirku čircima
instrumental čirkom čircima

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چراق (çırak), from Persian چراغ (čerâğ). Akin to čiràkluk.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tʃǐraːk/
  • Hyphenation: či‧rak

Noun

čìrāk m (Cyrillic spelling чѝра̄к)

  1. (regional) apprentice, student, pupil
    Synonyms: kȃlfa, šègrt
  2. (regional) servant
Declension
Declension of čirak
singular plural
nominative čirak čiraci
genitive čiraka čiraka
dative čirku čircima
accusative čirak čirke
vocative čirče čirci
locative čirku čircima
instrumental čirkom čircima

References
  • “čirak” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 177
  • “čirak”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 6, 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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