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serdyuk

serdyuk noun: a Cossack soldier who serves as a mercenary for the hetman under the Zaporizhian Army.

Noun

serdyuk (plural serdyuks)

  1. (historical) a Cossack soldier who serves as a mercenary for the hetman under the Zaporizhian Army.

Forms of serdyuk

pluralserdyuks
alternative formSerdiuk
alternative formserdiuk

Origin of serdyuk

Borrowed from Ukrainian сердю́к (serdjúk), in turn originated from Ottoman Turkish سورتوك (“streetwalker, dirty vagrant”). Compare Turkish sürtük.

Questions about serdyuk

What does serdyuk mean?
Serdyuk means a Cossack soldier who serves as a mercenary for the hetman under the Zaporizhian Army.
What part of speech is serdyuk?
Serdyuk is a noun.
What is the plural of serdyuk?
The plural of serdyuk is serdyuks.

Words near serdyuk in the dictionary

  1. SerDeses
  2. serdexmethylphenidate
  3. Serdiuk
  4. SERDs
  5. Serdy
  6. serdyuk
  7. sere
  8. Serean
  9. Sereans
  10. Serebrennikov
  11. Serebrianka

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