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Hungarian
Etymology
From az + midőn (“when”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
amidőn
- (archaic, higher register) when
- Synonyms: amikor, midőn
1987, “Első könyv. A lyukas lepedő”, in Salman Rushdie, translated by Mihály Falvay, Az éjfél gyermekei, Budapest: Európa Könyvkiadó, →ISBN, page 10; translation of Midnight's Children, London: Jonathan Cape, 1981:Egy kasmíri reggelen, 1915 kora tavaszán Ádam Aziz, a nagyapám, amidőn imádkozni akart, beleütötte az orrát egy fagyos göröngybe.
Further reading
- amidőn 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
- amidőn 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).