dyak, clerk, official in Russia in the 14th-17th centuries · dyak, a low-ranked clergyman
çekim: çoğul дья́ки · tamlayan дья́ка
eş: дьячок, псаломщик, причётник
köken: Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic диꙗкъ (dijakŭ), from Ancient Greek διάκος (diákos). Compare another meaning development from the source: Czech žák (“pupil; disciple”). Akin to дья́кон (dʹjákon). Compare typologically Latin clēricus (whence клерк (klerk)), from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós), whence кли́рик (klírik).
someone versed in Holy Writ, particularly in reference to Second Temple Judaism, but also applied to other, chiefly later periods; a scribe · a scribe, a professional writer, copyist, etc.