哥萨克 (Gē sà kè) — Cossack (ethno-cultural group from Eastern Europe)

Definition

noun
Cossack (ethno-cultural group from Eastern Europe)

Examples

  • 哥萨克。
    Tā zhèng zài yán jiū Gē sà kè de lì shǐ hé wén huà.
    He is researching Cossack history and culture.
  • 哥萨克。
    Nà běn shū xiáng xì jiè shào le Gē sà kè de qǐ yuán hé fā zhǎn.
    That book gives a detailed introduction to the origins and development of the Cossacks.
  • 哥萨克。
    Tā de yé ye nián qīng shí dāng guò Gē sà kè qí bīng.
    Her grandfather served as a Cossack cavalryman when he was young.

Origin

Single-morpheme word
构词法gòucífǎ
音译yīnyìTransliteration

The characters spell the sound of a foreign word; their individual meanings play no part.

The characters 哥萨克 carry no meaning of their own here; they spell the foreign name Cossack.

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