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konak

English translation: monastic quarters, quarters

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Serbo-Croat term or phrase:konak
English translation:monastic quarters, quarters
Entered by: Veronica Prpic Uhing

16:43 Feb 26, 2005
Serbo-Croat to English translations [PRO]
Architecture
Serbo-Croat term or phrase: konak
Otac German Vucicevic je na celu malobrojnog manastirskog bratstva. Monasi su 17. marta evakuisani i tako sacuvali zive glave, ali su konak sa kapelom i mnoge relikvije potpuno unistene. Za oca Germana jasno je objasnjenje zbog cega je manastir bio meta nekoliko stotina Albanaca koji su tada dosli da ga uniste.
Bogdan Petrovic
Serbia
Local time: 21:15
monastic quarters, quarters
Explanation:
KONAK - MONASTIC QUARTERS According to the Athonite and Byzantine
rules, all monastic quarters were built within the enclosure walls. Old Chilandar
monastic quarters have not been preserved. The present-day quarters date from the period between the late 16th and the late 17th centuries. The legend has it that some of the distinguished Chilandar people lived in those cells. The cells of the Old Symeon and Monk Sava are in the small residence building near the well. On the first floor of the residence building near the Church of the Virgin’s Shroud is the cell of Paisios of Chilandar, "the father of the Bulgarian
history".


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Note added at 12 hrs 52 mins (2005-02-27 05:36:26 GMT)
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Alp Berker:
As you said the word is of Turkish origin and means home and the like.









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Note added at 12 hrs 54 mins (2005-02-27 05:38:34 GMT)
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konak - quarters, accommodation.
konaèište - hostel
Konak Knjeginje Ljubice -- The House of Countess Ljubica
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Veronica Prpic Uhing
United States
Local time: 14:15
Grading comment
to je to, hvala
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Summary of answers provided
5 +8monastic quarters, quarters
Veronica Prpic Uhing
5manse
Kaan Yesilyurt
4mansion
Alp Berker
4konak
dinotck (X)


  

Answers


12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
manse


Explanation:
mansion may also be used

Kaan Yesilyurt
Local time: 22:15
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
monastic quarters, quarters


Explanation:
KONAK - MONASTIC QUARTERS According to the Athonite and Byzantine
rules, all monastic quarters were built within the enclosure walls. Old Chilandar
monastic quarters have not been preserved. The present-day quarters date from the period between the late 16th and the late 17th centuries. The legend has it that some of the distinguished Chilandar people lived in those cells. The cells of the Old Symeon and Monk Sava are in the small residence building near the well. On the first floor of the residence building near the Church of the Virgin’s Shroud is the cell of Paisios of Chilandar, "the father of the Bulgarian
history".


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Note added at 12 hrs 52 mins (2005-02-27 05:36:26 GMT)
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Alp Berker:
As you said the word is of Turkish origin and means home and the like.









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Note added at 12 hrs 54 mins (2005-02-27 05:38:34 GMT)
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konak - quarters, accommodation.
konaèište - hostel
Konak Knjeginje Ljubice -- The House of Countess Ljubica



    Reference: http://www.rs.risjak.net/chilandar/achit.html
Veronica Prpic Uhing
United States
Local time: 14:15
Native speaker of: Croatian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
to je to, hvala

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Miomira Brankovic
3 mins
  -> Hvala Miomira!
agree  A.Đapo
16 mins
  -> Hvala!
agree  Marija Vujosevic Caric
20 mins
  -> Hvala!
agree  Mihailolja: Spot on
2 hrs
  -> Hvala!
agree  Jonathan Lukens (X)
4 hrs
  -> Hvala!
agree  V&M Stanković
5 hrs
  -> Hvala!
agree  Nedzad Selmanovic
18 hrs
  -> Hvala!
agree  mita
1 day 14 hrs
  -> Hvala!
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
mansion


Explanation:
Sorry this isn't in Serbo-Croatian, it also a Turkish word meaning mansion, I think it might be the same in Serbo-Croat.

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Note added at 44 mins (2005-02-26 17:28:23 GMT)
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VPUHING, I like the link you sent, it looks like the monastic part was added during Ottoman rule (16th-17th Centuries). I am still wondering about the origin of the word and how it applis to other languages. Though in this context in Serbo-Croat I can see how it applies to monastic quarters.


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Note added at 13 hrs 13 mins (2005-02-27 05:56:45 GMT)
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Another example would be this is a hotel that incorporates the \"Konak\" in it also,the \"Yellow House\"
http://www.sarikonak.com/english/html/about.htm

Alp Berker
United States
Local time: 15:15
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Miomira Brankovic: You are right about the origin and proper meaning of the word: konak = sleeping quarters, residence, family house, villa (acc. to Turkish-Serbian Dictionary), but the passage provided by the asker specifically refers to monastic quarters.
14 hrs
  -> I'll agree with that the correct context is for monastic quarters. I had never seen the word used for monastic quarters, this is a learning process for me also.
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25 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
konak


Explanation:
Konak is a place in which traveling salesmen would stay over night (usually), although basically something like a motel of some king or inn to be precise.

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Note added at 25 days (2005-03-24 13:29:40 GMT) Post-grading
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It has Turkish origin, but it craved into the language, especially Bosnian and it is still used, usually in association with over-night stay

dinotck (X)
Local time: 21:15
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Native speaker of: Native in Serbo-CroatSerbo-Croat
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