τσιράκι

Greek

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Turkish çırak (“apprentice”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian چراغ (“client”)

Noun

τσιράκι • (tsiráki) n (plural τσιράκια)

1. apprentice, underling
2. (figuratively) creep, sycophant

Declension

Declension of τσιράκι

	singular	plural
nominative	τσιράκι •	τσιράκια •
genitive	τσιρακιού •	τσιρακιών •
accusative	τσιράκι •	τσιράκια •
vocative	τσιράκι •	τσιράκια •
Some dictionaries say that the genitive forms are absent.

Synonyms

• (apprentice): μαθητευόμενος m (mathitevómenos)
• (creep): συκοφάντης m (sykofántis)