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obrok

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English

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Etymology

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From Russian обро́к (obrók, rent, tribute).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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obrok (plural obroks)

  1. A rent.
  2. In Russia, a poll tax paid by peasants absent from their lord's estate.
    • 1832, Remarks on the Conduct and Probable Designs of Russia:
      Those who have been taught a trade of any sort pay him a higher obrok than a mere cultivator, and he receives a passport to go and reside where he pleases

References

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Anagrams

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Polish

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obrok

Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *obrokъ.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔbrɔk
  • Syllabification: o‧brok

Noun

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obrok m inan

  1. fodder for horses
  2. (Central Greater Poland, Western Greater Poland) food (that which is given to eat to people)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Yiddish: אָבראָק (obrok)

See also

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Further reading

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  • obrok in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • obrok in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “obrok”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 21
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “obrok”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 27

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *obrokъ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ǒbrok/
  • Hyphenation: o‧brok

Noun

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òbrok m (Cyrillic spelling о̀брок)

  1. meal
  2. portion
  3. ration (military)

Declension

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Further reading

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

Slovene

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *obrokъ.

Noun

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obròk m

  1. instalment (portion of a debt paid back)
  2. (archaic) deadline