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Macedonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فیل دیشی (fildişi), from فیل (fil, “elephant”) + دیش (diş, “tooth”).
Pronunciation
Noun
филдиш • (fildiš) m
- (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)
- (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