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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سودا (sevda) (compare Turkish sevda (“love”)) + + -lija. Akin to сѐвда̄х, севда̀лӣнка, севда̀лук, сѐвди, сѐвдисати.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seʋdǎlija/
- Hyphenation: сев‧да‧ли‧ја
Noun
севда̀лија m (Latin spelling sevdàlija)
- (regional) a man in love
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References
- Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 562