čakšire

Serbo-Croatian

Men wearing čakšire.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چاقشیر (çakşır); compare Turkish çakşır.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃǎkʃire/
• Hyphenation: čak‧ši‧re

Noun

čàkšire f (Cyrillic spelling ча̀кшире)

1. (plural only, regional, chiefly Serbia) a kind of woolen breeches, baggy above the knee but tight around the knee and lower leg
   • a. 1823, “Banović Strainja”, in Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, editor, Narodne srpske pjesme‎^[1], volume 2, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, published 1823, page 124:

     Оћу њима руо пром’јенити,
     А у Турско руо облачити:
     Око главе бијеле кауке,
     А на плећи зелене доламе,
     А на ноге меневиш чакшире,
     О појасу сабље пламените;

     Oću njima ruo prom’jeniti,
     A u Tursko ruo oblačiti:
     Oko glave bijele kauke,
     A na pleći zelene dolame,
     A na noge meneviš čakšire,
     O pojasu sablje plamenite;

     I want to change their apparel,
     and in Turkish apparel dress them:
     around their heads white caouks,
     and on their shoulders green dolmans,
     and on their legs violet baggy breeches,
     in their belts fiery sabers;

2. (plural only, regional, chiefly Serbia) the amount of cloth needed to produce a pair of čakšire, a breeches’-worth of cloth

Declension

Declension of čakšire

	singular	plural
nominative	—	čàkšire
genitive	—	čȁkšīrā
dative	—	čakširama
accusative	—	čakšire
vocative	—	čakšire
locative	—	čakširama
instrumental	—	čakširama

References

• “čakšire”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• Đuro Daničić, editor (1880–1882), “čakšire”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[2] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 1, Zagreb: JAZU, page 884