cenk

See also: Cenk, cénk, and çenk

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Persian جنگ (jang).

Noun

cenk

1. war

   Men Zeynepni cenkten evel bir kere kördim ― I saw Zeynep once before the war

Declension

Declension of cenk

	singular	plural
nominative	cenk	cenkler
genitive	cenkniñ	cenklerniñ
dative	cenkke	cenklerge
accusative	cenkni	cenklerni
locative	cenkte	cenklerde
ablative	cenkten	cenklerden

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “cenk”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Gagauz

Etymology

From Persian جنگ (jang).

Noun

cenk

1. war

Hungarian

Etymology

Of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛŋk]
• Hyphenation: cenk
• Rhymes: -ɛŋk

Noun

cenk (plural cenkek)

1. (archaic, literary) rotter, cad (a worthless, despicable person)
2. (obsolete or dialectal) dog, hunting dog
   1. (obsolete or dialectal) puppy
3. (obsolete or dialectal) lad, stripling

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	cenk	cenkek
accusative	cenket	cenkeket
dative	cenknek	cenkeknek
instrumental	cenkkel	cenkekkel
causal-final	cenkért	cenkekért
translative	cenkké	cenkekké
terminative	cenkig	cenkekig
essive-formal	cenkként	cenkekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	cenkben	cenkekben
superessive	cenken	cenkeken
adessive	cenknél	cenkeknél
illative	cenkbe	cenkekbe
sublative	cenkre	cenkekre
allative	cenkhez	cenkekhez
elative	cenkből	cenkekből
delative	cenkről	cenkekről
ablative	cenktől	cenkektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	cenké	cenkeké
non-attributive possessive - plural	cenkéi	cenkekéi

Possessive forms of cenk
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	cenkem	cenkjeim
2nd person sing.	cenked	cenkjeid
3rd person sing.	cenkje	cenkjei
1st person plural	cenkünk	cenkjeink
2nd person plural	cenketek	cenkjeitek
3rd person plural	cenkjük	cenkjeik

References

• Tótfalusi, István. Magyar értelmező kéziszótár A–Z-ig (’Hungarian Concise Explanatory Dictionary from A to Z’). Budapest: Merényi Könyvkiadó, 1996. →ISBN

Further reading

• cenk in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• cenk in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جنك (cenk), from Middle Persian or Persian جنگ (jang).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒeɲc/

Noun

cenk (definite accusative cengi, plural cenkler)

1. (obsolete, poetic) war

   Synonym: savaş

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	cenk
Definite accusative	cengi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cenk	cenkler
Definite accusative	cengi	cenkleri
Dative	cenge	cenklere
Locative	cenkte	cenklerde
Ablative	cenkten	cenklerden
Genitive	cengin	cenklerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular cengim cenklerim 2nd singular cengin cenklerin 3rd singular cengi cenkleri 1st plural cengimiz cenklerimiz 2nd plural cenginiz cenkleriniz 3rd plural cenkleri cenkleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular cengimi cenklerimi 2nd singular cengini cenklerini 3rd singular cengini cenklerini 1st plural cengimizi cenklerimizi 2nd plural cenginizi cenklerinizi 3rd plural cenklerini cenklerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular cengime cenklerime 2nd singular cengine cenklerine 3rd singular cengine cenklerine 1st plural cengimize cenklerimize 2nd plural cenginize cenklerinize 3rd plural cenklerine cenklerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular cengimde cenklerimde 2nd singular cenginde cenklerinde 3rd singular cenginde cenklerinde 1st plural cengimizde cenklerimizde 2nd plural cenginizde cenklerinizde 3rd plural cenklerinde cenklerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular cengimden cenklerimden 2nd singular cenginden cenklerinden 3rd singular cenginden cenklerinden 1st plural cengimizden cenklerimizden 2nd plural cenginizden cenklerinizden 3rd plural cenklerinden cenklerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular cengimin cenklerimin 2nd singular cenginin cenklerinin 3rd singular cenginin cenklerinin 1st plural cengimizin cenklerimizin 2nd plural cenginizin cenklerinizin 3rd plural cenklerinin cenklerinin

Further reading

• “cenk”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu