dželat

See also: dzēlāt and dzeļat

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish cellat), from Persian جلاد‎, from Arabic جَلَّاد‎ (jallād), from verbal root جلد‎ (“to flagellate, whip”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʒělaːt/
  • Hyphenation: dže‧lat

Noun

džèlāt m (Cyrillic spelling џѐла̄т)

  1. hangman
  2. executioner
  3. (figuratively) oppressor

Declension

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