aparatsik
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from English apparatchik, from Russian аппара́тчик (apparátčik, “operator, apparatchik”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔapaˈɾat͡ʃik/ [ʔɐ.pɐˈɾaː.t͡ʃɪk̚]
- IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔapaˈɾatsik/ [ʔɐ.pɐˈɾat̪.sɪk̚]
- Rhymes: -at͡ʃik, (no palatal assimilation) -atsik
- Syllabification: a‧pa‧rat‧sik
Noun
aparatsik (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉᜇᜆ᜔ᜐᜒᜃ᜔)
- (historical) apparatchik (member of a Communist apparat)
- zealous leader; an official of an organization
Related terms
- amparo
- antipara
- antiparas
- aparador
- aparatista
- aparato
- Emperador
- emperador
- emperatris
- imperatibo
- imperyal
- imperyalismo
- imperyalista
- imperyo
- komprabenta
- komprador
- para
- paragwas
- parakaida
- parakaidero
- parakaydista
- pararayos
- parasol
- prepara
- preparado
- preparatoryo
- reparasyon
- reparo
Further reading
- “aparatsik”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018