Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kosak

/kˈoʊsək/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kosak
IPA: /kˈoʊsək/

13

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete form of Cossack.

Obsolete

name

Etymology

* As a Polish, Lower Sorbian (Kósak), Czech and Slovak surname, variant of Kós, surname meaning "blackbird," from Proto-Slavic *kosъ, and Kosa, meaning "scythe." The Sorbian forms are sometimes Germanized as Kossack or in some cases Kozak. * Also as a Czech surname, from košák (“beehive”), itself formed from koš (“basket”). * As a Slovene surname, from koščak (“kind of nut tree”), probably from kost (“bone”). Compare Koschak. * As a Serbo-Croatian surname, from košak (“basket”). Compare Kosack.

Origin

Source language: Polish

Word Breakdown

Root: -, *kosъ

Usage

Obsolete

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Kosaks (plural)

Rhymes With

bosak

Questions

How do you pronounce kosak?: The recorded pronunciation is /kˈoʊsək/.
What does kosak mean?: Obsolete form of Cossack.
Where does kosak come from?: It is traced to Polish.

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