жандар

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French gendarme.

Pronunciation

Noun

жа̀нда̄р or жа̏ндар or жа̏нда̄р m (Latin spelling žàndār or žȁndar or žȁndār)

  1. gendarme
  2. (usually Serbia) knave, jack in playing cards

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See also

Playing cards in Serbo-Croatian · играће карте (layout · text)
ас, кец двојка, двица тројка, трица четворка, четвртица петица шестица седмица
осмица деветка, деветица десетка, десетица дечко, пуб, жандар, фант краљица, дама краљ џокер

References

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

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gendarme.

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Noun

жанда́р (žandárm pers (genitive жандаря́, nominative plural жандарі́, genitive plural жандарі́в)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of жанда́рм (žandárm, gendarme)

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