ekser

From Ottoman Turkish اكسر (ekser).

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

èkser m (Cyrillic spelling ѐксер)

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

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.

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

ekser (definite accusative ekseri, plural ekserler)

1. spike
2. large nail (metal fastener)

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ekser2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اكسر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 173

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

ekser (definite accusative ekseri, plural ekserler)

1. majority

• ekseri

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ekser1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اكثر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 171