kirko

From Russian кирка (kirka) or це́рковь (cérkovʹ), both from Koine Greek κυριακὸν (δῶμα) (kuriakòn (dôma), “Lord’s (house)”), from Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “lord”). Compare Yiddish קירך (kirkh), German Kirche, Dutch kerk, Polish cerkiew, English church.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkirko/

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• Rhymes: -irko
• Hyphenation: kir‧ko

kirko (accusative singular kirkon, plural kirkoj, accusative plural kirkojn)

1. church (building)

• preĝejo

• eklezio (church, as an organization)

Borrowed from English church, German Kirche, Russian це́рковь (cérkovʹ). Decision no. 119, Progreso III.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkirko/

kirko (plural kirki)

1. church

   Synonym: (archaic) pregeyo

• eklezio (“church (as an institution)”)

• Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 91, 230, 466