strak

Mane

Hevwate

Werger

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(Îngilîzî)

tight
tense (showing stress or strain)
sleek, without unnecessary bells and whistles (of design)

Pircarînî

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/strɑk/

Ji Middle Dutch mîras hatiye girtin

Ji Old Dutch mîras hatiye girtin

Hevwate bi Middle Low German

Hevwate bi Old English

Hevwate bi almanî

In summary

From Middle Dutch strac (“tight, taut”), from Old Dutch *strak, from Proto-Germanic *strakaz, *strakkaz (“straight, tight, tense”), from Proto-Indo-European *streg-, *treg- (“stiff, rigid”). Cognate with Middle Low German strac (“tight, taut”), Old English stræc (“firm, strict, rigorous, unyielding”), German strack (“straight, taut”). More at stretch.