dušman

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See also: düşman, duşman, and dușman

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دشمن (düşman), from Persian دشمن (došman). Akin to dušmànluk and dȋn-dȕšman.

Pronunciation

  • (dùšman): IPA(key): /dûʃman/
  • (dùšmān): IPA(key): /dǔʃmaːn/
  • Hyphenation: duš‧man

Noun

dȕšman m (Cyrillic spelling ду̏шман) or dùšmān m (Cyrillic spelling ду̀шма̄н)

  1. (expressively) enemy
    • 2012, Cherkezi United, Smugljanka:
      Bježao sam pred dušmanom,
      Napustivši rodni grad.
      I fled before the enemy,
      Leaving behind my native city.
    • 1993, Bajaga i Instruktori (lyrics and music), “Ovo je Balkan”, in Bajaga i Instruktori (lyrics), Muzika na struju‎, performed by Bajaga i Instruktori, Produkcija Stig:
      Tu svako može biti
      Dušman i brat
      Svakih pedeset leta izbija rat.
      Here anyone can be
      Enemy and brother
      Every fifty years erupts the war.

Declension

Declension of dušman
singular plural
nominative dušman dušmani
genitive dušmana dušmana
dative dušmanu dušmanima
accusative dušmana dušmane
vocative dušmane dušmani
locative dušmanu dušmanima
instrumental dušmanom dušmanima

Synonyms

References

  • “dušman”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 229
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