serek

From ser (“head”) +‎ -ek (“diminutive suffix”). Compare Central Kurdish سەرۆک (serok, “leader, president”).

• IPA^(key): /sɛˈɾɛk/

serek m (Arabic spelling سەرەک)

1. leader, head, chief

   Synonyms: mezin, pêşeng, rêber, rêvebir, rêzan, serkar, serok, serwer

2. eldest, oldest, senior

   Synonym: mezin

• serekhoz, serekêl, serekeşîr ("tribal chieftain, head of tribe")

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “serek”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 2), volume 2, London: Transnational Press, page 237

From ser +‎ -ek.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.rɛk/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrɛk
• Syllabification: se‧rek
• Homophone: Serek

serek m inan

1. (colloquial) diminutive of ser (“cheese”)
2. (informal) mallow (any plant of the genus Malva)

   Synonym: ślaz

3. V-neck (V-shaped neckline on a garment such as a pullover, usually at the front of the garment)

• serek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• serek in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Proto-Turkic *sedre-.

serek

1. rare

• sereq

• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “serex”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow