чердак

Attested since 16th century. From Persian چارتاق‎ (čârtâq, “four-arch”) via a Turkic language.

Compare Turkish çardak, Azerbaijani чардаг/çardaq, Karakalpak шердақ/sherdaq, шертек (shertek), Crimean Tatar çardak, Karaim čardak.

• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɪrˈdak]

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черда́к • (čerdák) m inan (genitive чердака́, nominative plural чердаки́, genitive plural чердако́в, related adjective черда́чный)

1. attic, garret, loft (an attic or similar space)

• чердачник (čerdačnik), чердачница (čerdačnica)

• черто́г (čertóg)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “чердак”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “чердак”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 381