пук

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Russian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic поукъ (pukŭ), from Proto-Slavic *pǫkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *pank-. Compare Ukrainian пук (puk), Czech puk, Polish pęk.

Further cognates, per Vasmer, are Persian پنگ (pang, date palm cluster) and Latin pānus (millet ear).

Noun

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пук (pukm inan (genitive пу́ка, nominative plural пуки́, genitive plural пуко́в)

  1. wisp, bunch, bundle, tuft
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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пук (pukm inan (genitive пу́ка, nominative plural пу́ки, genitive plural пу́ков)

  1. poot, fart
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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From earlier *puok, from older плк, from Proto-Slavic *pъlkъ, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *fulkaz.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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пу̑к m (Latin spelling pȗk)

  1. folk, people
  2. (military, Serbia) regiment

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Further reading

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  • пук”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • пук”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024