mrak

Inherited from Old Czech mrak, from Proto-Slavic *morkъ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmrak]

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• Rhymes: -ak

mrak m inan

1. cloud

• “mrak”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “mrak”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “mrak”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Likely borrowed from a Mon-Khmer language, such as Mon မြာ် (pəràik, “peacock”), ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *mraik (“peacock”). Compare also Malay merak.

mrak

1. peacock

• Javanese: ꦩꦼꦫꦏ꧀ (merak)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *morkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *markas, from Proto-Indo-European *mergʷ- (“to flicker; to darken; to be dark”).

• IPA^(key): /mrâːk/

mrȃk m inan (Cyrillic spelling мра̑к)

1. dark, darkness
2. dusk

   Oni rade od jutra do mraka. ― They work from dawn to dusk.

3. (slang) the bomb, the shit (something of excellent quality)

   Ta knjiga je mrak. ― The book is the bomb.

• mračan

• “mrak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025