konak

See also: koňak

English

Etymology

From Turkish konak (“inn”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kəʊˈnɑːk/

Noun

konak (plural konaks)

  1. A palace or other large official residence in Turkey or the Ottoman Empire.
    • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 943:
      It was a small pretty town with four minarets and one campanile and the Pasha's konak sprawling across the foothills.

References

  1. ↑ "konak." Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster. 2002.

Chuukese

Noun

konak

  1. dog

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kǒnak/

Noun

kònak m (Cyrillic spelling ко̀нак)

  1. inn, hostel
  2. accommodation

Declension

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