чилаш

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• чи́ло (hypocoristic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چل آت (çilat), a compound of چل (çil, “freckle”) and آت (at, “horse”) (Turkish çil and at). Compare ȁt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃǐlaːʃ/
• Hyphenation: чи‧лаш

Noun

чѝла̄ш m (Latin spelling čìlāš)

1. dappled, piebald horse

Declension

Declension of чилаш

	singular	plural
nominative	чѝла̄ш	чилаши
genitive	чила́ша	чилаша
dative	чилашу	чилашима
accusative	чилаша	чилаше
vocative	чилашу	чилаши
locative	чилашу	чилашима
instrumental	чилашем	чилашима

Synonyms

• жѐра̄в

References

• “чилаш”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 176