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ciocan.

hammer

6 characters2 syllables approx.Română language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. hammer

    neuter

  2. penis

    neuter · slang
Where this word comes from

Corresponds with many cognates in the Balkan sprachbund, including Bulgarian чук (čuk), чукан (čukan), Serbo-Croatian čekić, Polish czekan, Albanian çekan, Hungarian csákány. Ultimately from Ottoman Turkish چكیچ (çekiç), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (çekük), Proto-Turkic *čekük, *čeküč (“hammer”), possibly through an intermediate Proto-Slavic *čekanъ. Largely displaced native mai.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.