žandar
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Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French gendarme.
Pronunciation
Noun
žàndār or žȁndar or žȁndār m (Cyrillic spelling жа̀нда̄р or жа̏ндар or жа̏нда̄р)
- gendarme
- (usually Serbia) knave, jack in playing cards
Declension
Declension of žandar
| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | žàndār, žȁndar, žȁndār | žandári, žȁndari |
| genitive | žandára, žȁndara | žandárā, žȁndarā |
| dative | žandáru, žȁndaru | žandárima, žȁndarima |
| accusative | žandára, žȁndara | žandáre, žȁndare |
| vocative | žȁndare | žandári, žȁndari |
| locative | žandáru, žȁndaru | žandárima, žȁndarima |
| instrumental | žandárom, žȁndarom | žandárima, žȁndarima |
Derived terms
- žandaríca (“little gendarme”)
- žandàrčina and žandàrina (pejorative)
- žȁndarica and žàndārka (“gendarme’s wife”)
- žandárstvo (“gendarme service; gendarmerie”)
- žandàrija (“gendarme service”)
- žandàruša (“woman fond of conversing with gendarmes”)
- žandàrisati (“to do service as a gendarme”)
See also
| Playing cards in Serbo-Croatian · igraće karte (layout · text) | ||||||
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| osmica | devetka, devetica | desetka, desetica | dečko, pub, žandar, fant | kraljica, dama | kralj | džoker |
References
- “žandar”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 2, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967, published 1990, page 14
- “žandar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024