čilaš

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• čílo (hypocoristic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چل آت (çilat), a compound of چل (çil, “freckle”) and آت (at, “horse”) (Turkish çil and at). Compare ȁt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃǐlaːʃ/
• Hyphenation: či‧laš

Noun

čìlāš m (Cyrillic spelling чѝла̄ш)

1. dappled, piebald horse

   Synonym: žèrāv

Declension

Declension of čilaš

	singular	plural
nominative	čìlāš	čilaši
genitive	čiláša	čilaša
dative	čilašu	čilašima
accusative	čilaša	čilaše
vocative	čilašu	čilaši
locative	čilašu	čilašima
instrumental	čilašem	čilašima

References

• “čilaš”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 176