Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zokor

/ˈzoʊkɔɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zokor
IPA: /ˈzoʊkɔɹ/

18

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any Asiatic burrowing rodent native to Central Asia, in the genera Myospalax and Eospalax.

Etymology

From dialectal Russian зо́кор (zókor), ultimately of Mongolic origin. See Russian цо́кор (cókor) for more.

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: зо́кор

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈzoʊkɔɹ/
British English: /ˈzəʊkɔː/

Inflected Forms

zokors (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce zokor?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈzoʊkɔɹ/.
What does zokor mean?: Any Asiatic burrowing rodent native to Central Asia, in the genera Myospalax and Eospalax.
Where does zokor come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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