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

Declension of cornac

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cornac	cornacul	(niște) cornaci	cornacii
genitive/dative	(unui) cornac	cornacului	(unor) cornaci	cornacilor
vocative	cornacule		cornacilor