bažant

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Inherited from Old Czech bažant, from Middle High German vasant, from Latin phasianus, from Ancient Greek φασιανός (phasianós).^[1]

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -ant
• Hyphenation: ba‧žant

bažant m anim (female equivalent bažantice)

1. pheasant
2. (military slang, university slang) rookie (inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces)
3. urinal (bottle for urination used in hospitals)

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

Borrowed from Middle High German vasant, from Old French fasant, from Latin phasianus, from Ancient Greek φασιανός (phasianós).

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈbaʒant/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈbaʒant/

bažant m anim

1. pheasant

• Czech: bažant
• → Old Polish: bażant, bażąt
  • Polish: bażant, bazant, bażan (Middle Polish)
    • → Kashubian: bażant

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “bažant”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Derived from Middle High German vasant, from Old French fasant, from Latin phasianus, from Ancient Greek φασιανός (phasianós).

• IPA^(key):

bažant m animal (female equivalent bažantica, related adjective bažantí, diminutive bažantík)

1. pheasant

bažant m pers

1. rookie (inexperienced recruit, especially in the police or armed forces)

• “bažant”, 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