honn

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Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of either the pronoun hogy (“how”) or (more likely) the noun ház (“house”) + the lengthened suffix -n. First attested after 1372.[1]

Pronunciation

Adverb

honn

  1. (archaic) at home
    Synonyms: itthon, otthon
    • 1844, Sándor Petőfi, Az alföld‎, stanza 2, lines 1-2:
      Lenn az alföld tengersík vidékin / Ott vagyok honn, ott az én világom; […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1855, Zsigmond Kemény, Özvegy és leánya, part 3, chapter 2:
      Iszonyú ellenszenvet kellett legyőznie, hogy a küszöböt átlépje. A lelkészt nem találta honn. Ezt csak másnapra várták Csíkszeredáról, hová beteg testvérét, a minorita kolostor gvárdiánját ment meglátogatni.

Derived terms

Compound words

References

  1. ^ honn in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • honn 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

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Noun

honn

  1. plural of hōn
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