burlak

English

Volga boatmen, painting by Ilya Repin showing burlaks at work.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian бурла́к (burlák).

Noun

burlak (plural burlaks or burlaki)

(historical) in old Russia, a man employed in dragging barges or ships upstream.

Translations

a man employed in dragging ships upstream

Belarusian: бурла́к m (burlák)
Bulgarian: бурла́к m (burlák)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 縴夫 (zh), 纖夫 (zh), 纤夫 (zh) (qiànfū)
Finnish: burlakki
French: bourlak m
German: Treidler (de) m, Burlak (de) m
Japanese: ブルラク (bururaku)

Korean: 부를라크 (bureullakeu)
Polish: burłak m
Russian: бурла́к (ru) m (burlák)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бурлак m

Roman: burlak (sh) m
Ukrainian: бурла́к (uk) m (burlák)

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