ipak

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

i +‎ pak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /îpaːk/
• Hyphenation: i‧pak

Adverb

ȉpāk (Cyrillic spelling и̏па̄к)

1. still, however, but, yet, anyway, nevertheless, nonetheless, after all

   Danas je sunčano, ali je ipak hladno. ― It's sunny today, but it's still cold.

   Ipak sam bio u pravu! ― I was right after all!

   Vi ste ipak stručnjak za to pitanje. ― Still, you're an expert on that issue.

   Grčka je ipak morala tražiti pomoć IMF-a. ― Greece had to ask IMF for help anyway.

References

• “ipak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Uzbek

Other scripts
Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic	ипак‍
Latin	ipak‍
Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan)

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai [Term?], from Proto-Turkic [Term?]. By surface analysis, ip (“thread”) +‎ -ak (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Kazakh жібек (jıbek), Crimean Tatar yipek, Turkish ipek, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɪ.pækʲ]
• Hyphenation: i‧pak

Noun

ipak (plural ipaklar)

1. silk

   Buyuk ipak yoʻli ― the Silk Road (literally, “the Great Silk Road”)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.