željan

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From žèljeti/žèleti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒêʎan/
  • Hyphenation: že‧ljan

Adjective

žȅljan (Cyrillic spelling же̏љан, definite žȅljnī, comparative željniji)

  1. eager, anxious
  2. desirous, craving

Declension

References

  • željan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024