konak

See also: koňak

English

Etymology

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

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, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 841:
      It was a small pretty town with four minarets and one campanile and the Pasha's konak sprawling across the foothills.

Chuukese

Noun

konak

  1. dog

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kǒnak/

Noun

kònak m (Cyrillic spelling ко̀нак)

  1. inn, hostel
  2. accommodation

Declension

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