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τσιράκι

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Greek

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish چراغ (çerağ, çırağ), چراق (çırak), from Persian چراغ (čarâğ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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τσιράκι (tsirákin (plural τσιράκια)

  1. apprentice, underling
  2. (figuratively) creep, sycophant

Declension

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Declension of τσιράκι
singular plural
nominative τσιράκι (tsiráki) τσιράκια (tsirákia)
genitive τσιρακιού (tsirakioú) τσιρακιών (tsirakión)
accusative τσιράκι (tsiráki) τσιράκια (tsirákia)
vocative τσιράκι (tsiráki) τσιράκια (tsirákia)

Some dictionaries[1] say that the genitive forms are absent.

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ τσιράκι - Babiniotis, Georgios (2008) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 3rd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.