Bulgarian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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чира́к (čirákm

  1. apprentice, student

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  • Krǎsteva, Vesela (2003) “чирак”, in Тълковен речник на турцизмите в българския език [Explanatory Dictionary of Turkisms in the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Skorpio vi, page 229

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Macedonian

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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чирак (čirakm (plural чираци, feminine чирачка, relational adjective чирачки, diminutive чираче)

  1. apprentice

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Declension of чирак
singular plural
indefinite чирак (čirak) чираци (čiraci)
definite unspecified чиракот (čirakot) чираците (čiracite)
definite proximal чираков (čirakov) чирациве (čiracive)
definite distal чиракон (čirakon) чирацине (čiracine)
vocative чираку (čiraku) чираци (čiraci)
count form чирака (čiraka)

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tʃǐraːk/
  • Hyphenation: чи‧рак

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чѝра̄к m (Latin spelling čìrāk)

  1. (regional) candlestick
  2. (regional) official, clerk
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Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tʃǐraːk/
  • Hyphenation: чи‧рак

Noun

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чѝра̄к m (Latin spelling čìrāk)

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

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  • чирак”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 177
  • чирак”, 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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