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czekan.

ice ax, piolet, ice axe

6 characters2 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈt͡ʂɛ.kan/
  1. ice ax, piolet, ice axe

    inanimate · masculine
  2. hammer-axe, axe-hammer

    historical · inanimate · masculine
  3. pickaxe, pick

    inanimate · masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Ukrainian чека́н (čekán), from Old East Slavic чеканъ (čekanŭ), from Proto-Slavic *čekanъ, from a Turkic language. Corresponds with many other cognates, including Romanian ciocan, Bulgarian чук (čuk), чукан (čukan), Serbo-Croatian čekić, Albanian çekan, Hungarian csákány.

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