cenk
التعريفات والمعاني
== Crimean Tatar ==
=== Etymology ===
From Persian جنگ (jang).
=== Noun ===
cenk
war
Men Zeynepni cenkten evel bir kere kördim ― I saw Zeynep once before the war
==== Declension ====
=== References ===
Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary][1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
“cenk”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)
== Gagauz ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish جنك (cäng), from Persian جنگ (jang). Compare Turkish cenk, Azerbaijani cəng.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /d͡ʒʲenc/, /d͡ʑenc/
=== Noun ===
cenk (definite accusative cengi, plural cenklär)
war
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “cenk”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 185
Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), “cenk”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 20
Kopuşçu M. İ., Todorova S. A., Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “cenk”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 41
== Hungarian ==
=== Etymology ===
Of unknown origin.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛŋk]
Hyphenation: cenk
Rhymes: -ɛŋk
=== Noun ===
cenk (plural cenkek)
(archaic, literary) rotter, cad (a worthless, despicable person)
(obsolete or dialectal) dog, hunting dog
(obsolete or dialectal) puppy
(obsolete or dialectal) lad, stripling
==== Declension ====
=== References ===
Tótfalusi, István. Magyar értelmező kéziszótár A–Z-ig (’Hungarian Concise Explanatory Dictionary from A to Z’). Budapest: Merényi Könyvkiadó, 1996. →ISBN
=== Further reading ===
cenk in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
cenk in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).
== Turkish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Ottoman Turkish جنك (ceng), from Middle Persian 𐫋𐫗𐫗𐫃 (yng /ĵang/) or Classical Persian جنگ (jang).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈdʒeɲc/
=== Noun ===
cenk (definite accusative cengi, plural cenkler)
(dated, poetic) war
Synonym: savaş
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“cenk”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu