alchak

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آلچاق (alçaḳ, “low, short in stature, shallow, vile, despicable”).[1]

Noun

alchak m

  1. (derogatory) paskudnyak; scumbag (villain)
    Synonyms: kieratá, mamzer, pezeveng
    • 1999, Moshé Cazés, edited by David M. Bunis, קולות משאלוניקי היהודית‎[1], Misgav Yerushalayim, →ISBN, page 302:
      Savesh kyen es este kolega? Este alchak de Sadiko. Este berbante, el disho, ke dela manera ke avló la prima dona, merese bezada en la boka.
      You know who this colleague is? That paskudnyak Sadiko. That scoundrel said that the young lady deserves a kiss on the mouth for how she spoke.

References

  1. ^ “alchak”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasure of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim
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