аџуван

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ارجوان (ercuvan), from Arabic أَرْجُوَان (ʔarjuwān, “redbud”). Compare јо̏ргова̄н, јоргова́нӣ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ad͡ʒǔʋaːn/
  • Hyphenation: а‧џу‧ван

Noun

аџу̀ва̄н m (Latin spelling adžùvān)

  1. (regional) young man
  2. (regional) lover

Declension

Declension of аџуван
singular plural
nominative аџу̀ва̄н аџувани
genitive аџува́на аџувана
dative аџувану аџуванима
accusative аџуван аџуване
vocative аџуване аџувани
locative аџувану аџуванима
instrumental аџуваном аџуванима

References

  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 71
  • “аџуван”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 6, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 115
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