Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tachanka

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tachanka
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A horse-drawn machine gun, usually a cart or open wagon with the gun installed in the back.

Etymology

From Russian тачанка (tačanka) or Ukrainian тачанка (tačanka).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: тачанка

Inflected Forms

tachankas (plural)

Questions

What does tachanka mean?: A horse-drawn machine gun, usually a cart or open wagon with the gun installed in the back.
Where does tachanka come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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