чилаш
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- чи́ло (hypocoristic)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چل آت (çilat), a compound of چل (çil, “freckle”) and آت (at, “horse”) (Turkish çil and at). Compare ȁt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃǐlaːʃ/
- Hyphenation: чи‧лаш
Noun
чѝла̄ш m anim (Latin spelling čìlāš)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | чѝла̄ш | чилаши |
| genitive | чила́ша | чилаша |
| dative | чилашу | чилашима |
| accusative | чилаша | чилаше |
| vocative | чилашу | чилаши |
| locative | чилашу | чилашима |
| instrumental | чилашем | чилашима |
Synonyms
References
- “чилаш”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
- Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 176