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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ارغوان (ergavan, erguvan), from Persian ارغوان (arğavân, arğuvân, “purple; Judas tree”), from Akkadian 𒅈𒂵𒌋𒌋𒉡 (argamannu). Doublet of adžùvān.
Pronunciation
- (jȍrgovān): IPA(key): /jôrɡoʋaːn/
- (jorgòvān): IPA(key): /jorɡǒʋaːn/
- Hyphenation: jor‧go‧van
Noun
jȍrgovān m (Cyrillic spelling јо̏ргова̄н) or
jorgòvān m (Cyrillic spelling јорго̀ва̄н)
- lilac (Syringa vulgaris)
Declension
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References
- The template Template:R:sh:Škaljić1966 does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost
- “jorgovan” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- “jorgovan”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 2, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 606
- Skok, Petar (1972) “jorgovan”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (K – poni¹), Zagreb: JAZU, page 783