ekser

== Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اكسر (ekser). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ěkser/ Hyphenation: ek‧ser === Noun === èkser m inan (Cyrillic spelling ѐксер) (regional, Bosnia, Serbia) spike (regional, Bosnia, Serbia) large nail (metal fastener) ==== Usage notes ==== In Croatia and Montenegro, this word has only limited regional usage and as such it is not widely understood. The usual Croatian idiom is čȁvao while Montenegrin is brokva. ==== Declension ==== == Turkish == === Etymology 1 === From Ottoman Turkish اكسر (ekser, “nail, spike”). ==== Noun ==== ekser (definite accusative ekseri, plural ekserler) spike large nail (metal fastener) ==== References ==== Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ekser2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük Redhouse, James W. (1890), “اكسر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 173 === Etymology 2 === From Ottoman Turkish اكثر (ekser), from Arabic أَكْثَر (ʔakṯar). ==== Noun ==== ekser (definite accusative ekseri, plural ekserler) majority ===== Related terms ===== ekseri (“most”) ==== References ==== Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ekser1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük Redhouse, James W. (1890), “اكثر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 171