# cenk
## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

From Persian جنگ (jang).

### Noun

cenk
* war
    Men Zeynepni cenkten evel bir kere kördim ― I saw Zeynep once before the war

#### Declension
### References

* Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
* “cenk”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Gagauz
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish جنك (cäng), from Persian جنگ (jang). Compare Turkish cenk, Azerbaijani cəng.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d͡ʒʲenc/, /d͡ʑenc/

### Noun

cenk (definite accusative cengi, plural cenklär)
* war

#### Derived terms

* cenk etmää
* cenkçi
* cenkleşmää

### References

* ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “cenk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

### Further reading

* N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “cenk”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 185
* Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), “cenk”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 20
* Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “cenk”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 41

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Of unknown origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈt͡sɛŋk]
* Hyphenation: cenk
* Rhymes: -ɛŋk

### Noun

cenk (plural cenkek)
* (archaic, literary) rotter, cad (a worthless, despicable person)
* (obsolete or dialectal) dog, hunting dog
** (obsolete or dialectal) puppy
* (obsolete or dialectal) lad, stripling

#### Declension
### References

* Tótfalusi, István. Magyar értelmező kéziszótár A–Z-ig (’Hungarian Concise Explanatory Dictionary from A to Z’). Budapest: Merényi Könyvkiadó, 1996. →ISBN

### Further reading

* cenk in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* cenk in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جنك (ceng), from Middle Persian or Persian جنگ (jang).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdʒeɲc/

### Noun

cenk (definite accusative cengi, plural cenkler)
* (dated, poetic) war
    Synonym: savaş

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
cenk
cenkler
definite accusative
cengi
cenkleri
dative
cenge
cenklere
locative
cenkte
cenklerde
ablative
cenkten
cenklerden
genitive
cengin
cenklerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
cengim
cenklerim
2nd singular
cengin
cenklerin
3rd singular
cengi
cenkleri
1st plural
cengimiz
cenklerimiz
2nd plural
cenginiz
cenkleriniz
3rd plural
cenkleri
cenkleri
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
cengimi
cenklerimi
2nd singular
cengini
cenklerini
3rd singular
cengini
cenklerini
1st plural
cengimizi
cenklerimizi
2nd plural
cenginizi
cenklerinizi
3rd plural
cenklerini
cenklerini
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
cengime
cenklerime
2nd singular
cengine
cenklerine
3rd singular
cengine
cenklerine
1st plural
cengimize
cenklerimize
2nd plural
cenginize
cenklerinize
3rd plural
cenklerine
cenklerine
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
cengimde
cenklerimde
2nd singular
cenginde
cenklerinde
3rd singular
cenginde
cenklerinde
1st plural
cengimizde
cenklerimizde
2nd plural
cenginizde
cenklerinizde
3rd plural
cenklerinde
cenklerinde
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
cengimden
cenklerimden
2nd singular
cenginden
cenklerinden
3rd singular
cenginden
cenklerinden
1st plural
cengimizden
cenklerimizden
2nd plural
cenginizden
cenklerinizden
3rd plural
cenklerinden
cenklerinden
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
cengimin
cenklerimin
2nd singular
cenginin
cenklerinin
3rd singular
cenginin
cenklerinin
1st plural
cengimizin
cenklerimizin
2nd plural
cenginizin
cenklerinizin
3rd plural
cenklerinin
cenklerinin :

### Further reading

* “cenk”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu