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Hungarian
Etymology
First attested in 1604. From hajdan (“long ago”) + -a (possessive suffix) + -ban (“in”, inessive case suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: haj‧da‧ná‧ban
- Rhymes: -ɒn
Adverb
hajdanában (not comparable)
- long ago (at a time in the past, especially the distant past)
- Synonyms: régen, egykor, valaha
References
Further reading
- hajdanában 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