чурка

Russian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Lithuanian kiáuras, Latvian саũrs, Lithuanian kiùrstu, kiuraũ, kiùrti, skiaurė̃, Middle High German schore. Less likely Polish szczur (“rat”).

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *чуръ or Inherited from Proto-Slavic *щуръ which means "a stump", Proto-Indo-European *[s]keu.

The pejorative sense of "Caucasian or Central Asian immigrant" may be derived from чёрный (čórnyj, “black”) and -ка (-ka, “little”), referring to the immigrants' darker skin tones, or from черке́с (čerkés).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ɕurkə]
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Noun

чу́рка • (čúrka) f inan (genitive чу́рки, nominative plural чу́рки, genitive plural чу́рок)

chock, block of wood, a small cutted part of tree

Declension

Declension of чу́рка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	чу́рка čúrka	чу́рки čúrki
genitive	чу́рки čúrki	чу́рок čúrok
dative	чу́рке čúrke	чу́ркам čúrkam
accusative	чу́рку čúrku	чу́рки čúrki
instrumental	чу́ркой, чу́ркою čúrkoj, čúrkoju	чу́рками čúrkami
prepositional	чу́рке čúrke	чу́рках čúrkax

Noun

чу́рка • (čúrka) m anim or f anim (genitive чу́рки, nominative plural чу́рки, genitive plural чу́рок)

(colloquial) dumb, uneducated person, dullard, booby
Synonym: чурба́н (čurbán)
(offensive, ethnic slur) immigrant from Central Asia or the Caucasus, wog
Synonyms: чучмек (čučmek), чурба́н (čurbán)

Declension

Declension of чу́рка (anim fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	чу́рка čúrka	чу́рки čúrki
genitive	чу́рки čúrki	чу́рок čúrok
dative	чу́рке čúrke	чу́ркам čúrkam
accusative	чу́рку čúrku	чу́рок čúrok
instrumental	чу́ркой, чу́ркою čúrkoj, čúrkoju	чу́рками čúrkami
prepositional	чу́рке čúrke	чу́рках čúrkax

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “чурка”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress

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