ekser

See also: əksər

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اكسر (ekser).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ěkser/
• Hyphenation: ek‧ser

Noun

èkser m inan (Cyrillic spelling ѐксер)

1. (regional, Bosnia, Serbia) spike
2. (regional, Bosnia, Serbia) large nail (metal fastener)

Usage notes

In Croatia and Montenegro, this word has only limited regional usage and as such it is not widely understood. The usual Croatian idiom is čȁvao while Montenegrin is brokva.

Declension

Declension of ekser

	singular	plural
nominative	èkser	ekseri
genitive	èksera	ȅksērā
dative	ekseru	ekserima
accusative	ekser	eksere
vocative	eksere	ekseri
locative	ekseru	ekserima
instrumental	ekserom	ekserima

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish اكسر (ekser, “nail, spike”).

Noun

ekser (definite accusative ekseri, plural ekserler)

1. spike
2. large nail (metal fastener)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ekser2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “اكسر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 173

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish اكثر (ekser), from Arabic أَكْثَر (ʔakṯar).

Noun

ekser (definite accusative ekseri, plural ekserler)

1. majority

Related terms

• ekseri (“most”)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ekser1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “اكثر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 171