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Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from a Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *obrusъ (“tablecloth”). The “map” sense (sense 2) is a semantic loan from New Latin mappa (“map”). First attested after 1372.[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
Noun
abrosz (plural abroszok)
- tablecloth (a cloth used to cover and protect a table)
- Synonyms: asztalterítő, terítő
1927, Mihály Babits, Halálfiai (“The Children of Death”):[...] piros vére végifolyt a hófehér párnán, mint bor az abroszon.- his red blood ran down the snow-white pillow like wine on a tablecloth.
- (archaic) map
- Synonym: térkép
1898–1900, Géza Gárdonyi, Az én falum: Egy tanító följegyzései (“My Village: Notes of a Teacher”) I–II., page 70:A csillagos ég a legfenségesebb látvány. Az Isten erejének kitárt világa. Tudós emberek abroszt rajzoltak róla, és azt mondták, ennek a csillagnak ez meg ez a neve.- The starry sky is the most majestic sight. The world of God’s power unfolded. Men of science drew a map of it and said that this star had such and such a name.
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References
- ^ abrosz in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
- ^ abrosz in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
- ^ Marek Stachowski, Eugen Helimskis Materialien zur Erforschung der ältesten slawisch-ungarischen Sprachkontakte, Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia 14 (2009): 35–107 Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego: Kraków, page 41
Further reading
- abrosz in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- abrosz in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).