konak

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UK/kəʊˈnɑːk/

noun

A palace or other large official residence in Turkey or the Ottoman Empire.

OriginOttoman Turkish قوناق →
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Meanings

nounkonak (plural konaks)

plural konaks

  1. A palace or other large official residence in Turkey or the Ottoman Empire.

    It was a small pretty town with four minarets and one campanile and the Pasha's konak sprawling across the foothills.

    2006, Thomas Pynchon, “Against the Day”, in Against the Day, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 841

Origin

  1. Ottoman Turkishقوناق“mansion, station, inn”
  2. Englishkonak

From Ottoman Turkish قوناق (konak, “mansion, station, inn”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with konak

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Cite this entry
APA

konak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/konak

MLA

“konak.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/konak. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “konak,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/konak.

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