konak

See also: koňak

English

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قوناق (konak, “mansion, station, inn”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəʊˈnɑːk/

Noun

konak (plural konaks)

1. A palace or other large official residence in Turkey or the Ottoman Empire.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, “Against the Day”, in Against the Day, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 841:

     It was a small pretty town with four minarets and one campanile and the Pasha's konak sprawling across the foothills.

Chuukese

Noun

konak

1. dog

Indonesian

Noun

konak (first-person possessive konakku, second-person possessive konakmu, third-person possessive konaknya)

1. (informal, vulgar) libido, sexual urges

See also

• ngaceng

Karaim

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kon-.

Noun

konak

1. guest

References

• N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “konak”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قوناق (konak, “mansion, station, inn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǒnak/

Noun

kònak m (Cyrillic spelling ко̀нак)

1. inn, hostel
2. accommodation

Declension

Declension of konak

	singular	plural
nominative	kònak	konaci
genitive	konaka	kȍnākā
dative	konaku	konacima
accusative	konak	konake
vocative	konače	konaci
locative	konaku	konacima
instrumental	konakom	konacima