чурук

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چوروك (çürük).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃǔruk/
• (Torlakian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuˈruk/
• Hyphenation: чу‧рук

Noun

чуру́к m anim (Latin spelling čurúk)

1. (derogatory, Torlakian) nasty person, one who wishes to harm others, one who does not help others, miscreant, bully, scoundrel

   Ба́ба је голе́м чуру́к, па гу де́ца не во́лив. ― The grandmother is a big jerk, so the children do not love her.

Adjective

чу̀рук or (Torlakian) чуру́к (Latin spelling čùruk or čurúk, indeclinable)

1. (derogatory, regional, Torlakian) bad, wicked, immoral, ill-mannered

References

• “чурук”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
• Radmila Žugić (2005), Rečnik govora jablaničkog kraja, Belgrad: Institut za srpski jezik SANU, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 443
• Momčilo Zlatanović (2014), Rečnik govora juga Srbije [Dictionary of the southern Serbia dialect], Vranje: Učiteljski fakultet u Vranju, →ISBN, →OCLC

Tuvan

Etymology

From чуруур (çuruur, “to draw”) +‎ -к (-k, “nominalising suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʊˈrʊq/

Noun

чурук • (çuruk) (definite accusative чурукту, plural чуруктар)

1. drawing, picture
2. photograph