чердак

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian чердак (čerdak).

Noun

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чердак (cerdak)

  1. attic

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Russian

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чердак

Etymology

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Attested since 16th century. From Persian چارتاق (čârtâq, four-arch) via a Turkic language.

Compare Turkish çardak, Azerbaijani чардаг/çardaq, Karakalpak шердақ/sherdaq, шертек (shertek), Crimean Tatar çardak, Karaim čardak.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕɪrˈdak]
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Noun

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черда́к (čerdákm inan (genitive чердака́, nominative plural чердаки́, genitive plural чердако́в, relational adjective черда́чный)

  1. attic, garret, loft (an attic or similar space)
    • 1913, Максим Горький [Maxim Gorky], “XI”, in Детство; English translation from Ronald Wilks, transl., My Childhood, 1966:
      Он почти́ переста́л выходи́ть из до́ма, всё сиде́л одино́ко на чердаке́, чита́я таи́нственную кни́гу «Запи́ски моего́ отца́».
      On počtí perestál vyxodítʹ iz dóma, vsjo sidél odinóko na čerdaké, čitája taínstvennuju knígu «Zapíski mojevó otcá».
      Now he hardly left the house and he’d taken to sitting by himself in the attic, reading a mysterious book called Notes by My Father.

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Ingrian: cerdakka
  • Even: чердак (cerdak)

See also

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чердак”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “чердак”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 381