ciocan

See also: Ciocan

Romanian

Etymology

Corresponds with many cognates in the Balkan sprachbund, including Bulgarian чук (čuk), чукан (čukan), Serbo-Croatian čekić, Polish czekan, Albanian çekan, Hungarian csákány. Ultimately from Ottoman Turkish چكیچ (çekiç), from Old Anatolian Turkish çekük, Proto-Turkic *čekük, *čeküč (hammer), possibly through an intermediate Proto-Slavic *čekanъ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

ciocan n (plural ciocane)

  1. hammer

Declension

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