ćurak
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كورك (kürk, “fur”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ɕǔrak/, /t͡ɕûrak/
Noun
ćùrak or ćȕrak m inan (Cyrillic spelling ћу̀рак or ћу̏рак)
- (regional) winter coat with fur
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ćurak | ćurci |
| genitive | ćurka | ćuraka |
| dative | ćurku | ćurcima |
| accusative | ćurak | ćurke |
| vocative | ćurče | ćurci |
| locative | ćurku | ćurcima |
| instrumental | ćurkom | ćurcima |
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ɕǔːrak/
Noun
ćúrak m anim (Cyrillic spelling ћу́рак)
- (expressive) alternative form of ćùrān (“male turkey”)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ćurak | ćurci |
| genitive | ćurka | ćuraka |
| dative | ćurku | ćurcima |
| accusative | ćurka | ćurke |
| vocative | ćurče | ćurci |
| locative | ćurku | ćurcima |
| instrumental | ćurkom | ćurcima |
Further reading
- “ćurak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
- “ćurak”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика [Rečnik srpskohrvatskoga književnog jezika, Dictionary of the Serbo-Croatian Literary Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање [Second Phototype Edition], volume 6, Novi Sad; Zagreb: Matica srpska; Matica hrvatska, 1976, published 1990, page 369a