konak

From Ottoman Turkish قوناق (konak, “mansion, station, inn”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəʊˈnɑːk/

konak (plural konaks)

1. A palace or other large official residence in Turkey or the Ottoman Empire.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, “Against the Day”, in Against the Day, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 841:

     It was a small pretty town with four minarets and one campanile and the Pasha's konak sprawling across the foothills.

konak

1. dog

konak (plural konak-konak)

1. (informal, vulgar) libido, sexual urges

• ngaceng

From Proto-Turkic *kon-.

konak

1. guest

• N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “konak”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قوناق (konak, “mansion, station, inn”).

• IPA^(key): /kǒnak/

kònak m inan (Cyrillic spelling ко̀нак)

1. inn, hostel
2. accommodation

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قوناق (konak), from Proto-Turkic *konak (“guest; lodging”);^[1] cognate with Azerbaijani qonaq, Bashkir ҡунаҡ (qunaq), Kazakh қонақ (qonaq), Kyrgyz конок (konok), Southern Altai конок (konok), Tatar кунак (qunaq) and Uzbek qoʻnoq. Doublet of konuk.

konak (definite accusative konağı, plural konaklar)

1. mansion, palace
2. (biology) host

   Synonym: konakçı

3. (archaic) the distance travelled by car or animal in one day
4. (archaic) a place where one stays for the night during a journey; lodging, e.g. an inn
5. (colloquial) cradle cap

   Synonym: konak hastalığı

6. (colloquial) pterygium, surfer's eye