mujik
/ˈmuː(d)ʒɪk/
mujik noun: a Russian (male) peasant.
Noun
mujik (plural mujiks or mujiki)
- A Russian (male) peasant.
- Since she had last looked at a newspaper, it appeared that the Russians had become heroes and magnificent fighters. They were no longer a rabble of ill-equipped moujiks fleeing before the Nazi hordes.1954, Doris Lessing, A Proper Marriage, HarperPerennial, published 1995, page 361
- [A] few days later [I] had rented for the month of August what looked in the snapshots they sent me like a cross between a mujik's izba and Refuge Z, but it had a tiled bathroom and cost dearer than my Appalachian castle.1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire
mujik meaning in Persian and Vietnamese
mujik in Persian
- Russian peasant
- موژیک mužik
mujik in Vietnamese
- Russian peasant
- mu-gích
Forms of mujik
| plural | mujiks |
|---|---|
| plural | mujiki |
| alternative form | muzhik |
| alternative form | muzhyk |
| alternative form | muzjik |
| alternative form | moujik |
Origin of mujik
Borrowed from Russian мужи́к (mužík, “peasant”).
Words that rhyme with mujik
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- leak
- seek
- bespeak
- pique
- tweak
- reek
- sleek
- geek
- peek
- squeak
- week
- wreak
- boutique
- clique
- creek
- forspeak
- gleek
- unique
- bleak
- cacique
- creak
- critique
- deke
- eek
- eke
- fleak
- on fleek
- respeak
- Tajik
- teak
- technique
- tongue-in-chic
- chic
- cleek
- desqueak
- leek
- malik
- meek
- midweek
- misspeak
- physique
- pratique
- shriek
- speke
- streek
- Zeke
- -speak
- Adam's Peak
Questions about mujik
- What does mujik mean?
- Mujik means a Russian (male) peasant.
- What is mujik in Persian?
- Mujik in Persian is موژیک (mužik). See Mujik meaning in Persian.
- What part of speech is mujik?
- Mujik is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mujik?
- Mujik is pronounced /ˈmuː(d)ʒɪk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of mujik?
- The plural of mujik is mujiks.
Words near mujik in the dictionary
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