ahoj

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English ahoy.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

ahoj

  1. hello, hi (informal greeting said when meeting someone)
    Synonym: čau
  2. bye (informal farewell)
    Synonym: čau

See also

Further reading

  • ahoj”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • ahoj”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • ahoj”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English ahoy. First attested in 1925.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈxɔj/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔj
  • Syllabification: a‧hoj

Interjection

ahoj

  1. (nautical) ahoy! (sailor's greeting)
    Ahoj, przygodo![2]Ahoy, adventure!

References

  1. ^ Jack London (1925) Wilk morski = (The sea wolf). T. 1, page 45
  2. ^ Pęzik, Piotr, Przepiórkowski, A., Bańko, M., Górski, R., Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B (2012) Wyszukiwarka PELCRA dla danych NKJP. Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego [National Polish Language Corpus, PELCRA search engine]‎, Wydawnictwo PWN

Further reading

  • ahoj in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ahoj in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from English ahoy.

Pronunciation

Interjection

ahoj

  1. hello, hi
    Synonyms: servus, čao, čau
  2. bye

Further reading

  • ahoj”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Slovene

Pronunciation

Interjection

ahọ̑j

  1. hey
    Ahoj, kje ste?
    Hey, where are you?