čak
Serbo-Croatian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ottoman Turkish چاق (çak).
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editčȁk (Cyrillic spelling ча̏к)
- even (used to emphasize something surprising or extreme)
- Čak i moja baba zna da to nije istina! ― Even my grandmother knows that that is not true!
- even (emphasizing a comparative)
- Bilo je teško, a sad je čak i teže. ― It was difficult, and now it is even more difficult.
Synonyms
editVeps
editEtymology
editProbably from Proto-Finnic *sakëda
Noun
editčak
References
edit- Nirvi, R. E. (1950) “Eräistä likaa ja rikkaa merkitsevien sanojen käyttötavoista”, in Virittäjä[1] (in Finnish), pages 400-403