czekan

== Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ukrainian чека́н (čekán), from Old East Slavic чеканъ (čekanŭ), from Proto-Slavic *čekanъ, from a Turkic language. Corresponds with many other cognates, including Romanian ciocan, Bulgarian чук (čuk), чукан (čukan), Serbo-Croatian čekić, Albanian çekan, Hungarian csákány. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʂɛ.kan/ Rhymes: -ɛkan Syllabification: cze‧kan === Noun === czekan m inan ice ax, piolet, ice axe (historical) hammer-axe, axe-hammer Synonyms: obuch, obuszek pickaxe, pick Synonyms: kilof, oskard ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “czekan”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “czekan”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish)