desetnik

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See also: desetník

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

deset +‎ -nik, literally "one who leads a group of ten".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /děsetniːk/
  • Hyphenation: de‧set‧nik

Noun

dèsetnīk m (Cyrillic spelling дѐсетнӣк)

  1. (military, army, Croatia) corporal
    Synonyms: (Serbia) desetar, (Bosnia) kaplar
  2. (military, navy, Croatia) petty officer second class
  3. (military, Ancient Rome) decurion

Declension

Further reading

  • desetnik”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024