џелат

See also: целят

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish cellat), from Persian جلاد, from Arabic جَلَّاد (jallād), from verbal root جلد (to flagellate, to whip).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛɫat]

Noun

џелат (dželat) m

  1. hangman, executioner
  2. (figuratively) oppressor

Inflection


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish cellat), from Persian جلاد, from Arabic جَلَّاد (jallād), from verbal root جلد (to flagellate, whip).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʒělaːt/
  • Hyphenation: џе‧лат

Noun

џѐла̄т m (Latin spelling džèlāt)

  1. hangman
  2. executioner
  3. (figuratively) oppressor

Declension

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