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
Declension of konak
singular plural
nominative kònak konaci
genitive konaka kȍnākā
dative konaku konacima
accusative konak konake
vocative konak konaci
locative konaku konacima
instrumental konakom konacima
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