шіркеу

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic شىركەۋ
Cyrillic шіркеу
Latin şırkeu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃɘr.ˈkʲew/, [ʂɘr.ˈkʲew]
  • Hyphenation: шір‧кеу

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Russian це́рковь (cérkovʹ). Cognate with Bashkir сиркәү (sirkəw), Kildin Sami цэ̄ркав (cērkav), Kyrgyz чиркөө (cirköö), Skolt Sami ceerkav, etc.

Noun

шіркеу • (şırkeu)

  1. (Christianity) church

Etymology 2

Noun

шіркеу • (şırkeu)

  1. veil, cover-up for embarrassment
    бетке шіркеу болу
    betke şırkeu bolu
    to lose face; to be humiliated or experience public disgrace