τσιράκι
Greek
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish چراغ (çerağ, çırağ), چراق (çırak), from Persian چراغ (čarâġ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡siˈɾa.ci/
Noun
τσιράκι • (tsiráki) n (plural τσιράκια)
- apprentice, underling
- (figuratively) creep, sycophant
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | τσιράκι (tsiráki) | τσιράκια (tsirákia) |
| genitive | τσιρακιού (tsirakioú) | τσιρακιών (tsirakión) |
| accusative | τσιράκι (tsiráki) | τσιράκια (tsirákia) |
| vocative | τσιράκι (tsiráki) | τσιράκια (tsirákia) |
Some dictionaries[1] say that the genitive forms are absent.
Synonyms
- (apprentice): μαθητευόμενος m (mathitevómenos)
- (creep): συκοφάντης m (sykofántis)
References
- ^ τσιράκι - Babiniotis, Georgios (2008) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 3rd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.