Chardak

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A chardak (Bulgarian, Macedonian and Serbian: чардак, čardak) is an old typical house in the Balkans. It is derived from the word cardak, which is a component of Ottoman Turkish house design.^[1] This term, which is also called sofa, denotes an open hall of a house's upper living floor.^[2]