cornac

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese cornaca, from Sinhalese කූරුව-නායක (kūruwa-nāyaka, “elephant trainer”), from කූරුව (kūruwa, “elephant department”) + Sanskrit नायक (nāyaka, “guide, leader”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔʁ.nak/

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Noun

cornac m (plural cornacs)

1. mahout, elephant driver
2. (figuratively) guide

Derived terms

• cornaquer (verb)

Further reading

• “cornac”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cornac.

Noun

cornac m (plural cornaci)

1. mahout

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cornac	cornacul		cornaci	cornacii
genitive-dative	cornac	cornacului		cornaci	cornacilor
vocative	cornacule			cornacilor