ekser

See also: əksər

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اكسر (ekser).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ěkser/
  • Hyphenation: ek‧ser

Noun

èkser m inan (Cyrillic spelling ѐксер)

  1. (regional, Bosnia, Serbia) spike
  2. (regional, Bosnia, Serbia) large nail (metal fastener)

Usage notes

In Croatia and Montenegro, this word has only limited regional usage and as such it is not widely understood. The usual Croatian idiom is čȁvao while Montenegrin is brokva.

Declension

Declension of ekser
singular plural
nominative èkser ekseri
genitive èksera ȅksērā
dative ekseru ekserima
accusative ekser eksere
vocative eksere ekseri
locative ekseru ekserima
instrumental ekserom ekserima

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish اكسر (ekser, “nail, spike”).

Noun

ekser (definite accusative ekseri, plural ekserler)

  1. spike
  2. large nail (metal fastener)

References

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish اكثر (ekser), from Arabic أَكْثَر (ʔakṯar).

Noun

ekser (definite accusative ekseri, plural ekserler)

  1. majority
  • ekseri (“most”)

References

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