different between zachary vs zak

English

Etymology

From Afrikaans zak (“bag”). Doublet of sac and sack.

Pronunciation

Noun

zak (countable and uncountable, plural zaks)

1. (South Africa, slang) Money.
2. Sixpence or a small amount of money.

Anagrams

• Kaz.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /z?k/
• Hyphenation: zak
• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch sac, from Old Dutch sac, from Proto-Germanic *sakkuz, from Latin saccus.

Noun

zak m (plural zakken, diminutive zakje n)

1. A container made of textile, leather or paper such as bag, sack, sachet and pouch.

   Synonym: tas

2. A pocket.

   Ik heb niets op zak.

   My pockets are empty. (= I haven't got a penny on me.)

3. (slang) A scrotum

   Synonym: balzak

4. (slang, offensive, vulgar) A contraction of such insults for males as klootzak or rotzak, referring to the scrotum, roughly equivalent to "asshole".
5. (obsolete, slang, vulgar) A whore, cunt.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sak
• ? Indonesian: sak
• ? Indonesian: saku

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English sack.

Noun

zak m (plural zakken, diminutive zakje n)

1. A sack or 'tent', oversized or otherwise mismade female gown, dress.

Etymology 3

From zakken.

Noun

zak m (plural zakken, diminutive zakje n)

1. (dialectal) The action of descending; a descent.
2. (Southern, dialectal) A physical depression; flattened area.

Derived terms

• zakland n
• zakveen n

Synonyms

• japon
• jurk

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

zak

1. first-person singular present indicative of zakken
2. imperative of zakken