филдиш

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Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فیل دیشی (fildişi), from فیل (fil, elephant) +‎ دیش (diş, tooth).

Pronunciation

Noun

филдиш (fildišm

  1. (archaic, uncountable) ivory
    Synonyms: слонова коска (slonova koska), слоновица (slonovica)

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فیل دیشی (fildişi, literally elephant tooth). Akin to фи̏л (elephant).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fǐldiʃ/
  • Hyphenation: фил‧диш

Noun

фѝлдиш m (Latin spelling fìldiš)

  1. (regional, uncountable) ivory

Declension

Synonyms

References

  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 283
  • филдиш”, 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 669