English Explanatory Dictionary

serdyuk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a Cossack soldier who serves as a mercenary for the hetman under the Zaporizhian Army.

Word forms

serdyuk serdyuks Serdiuk

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian сердю́к (serdjúk), in turn originated from Ottoman Turkish سورتوك (“streetwalker, dirty vagrant”). Compare Turkish sürtük.

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