magán-

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "magan"

Hungarian

Alternative forms

  • magán (superseded spelling or misspelling when written separately)

Etymology

Lexicalization of maga (“oneself”) +‎ -n (adverb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

Prefix

magán-

  1. private (written as a compound)
    Synonym: egyéni
    Antonyms: hivatalos, közérdekű

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns prefixed with magán-
Other compound words

References

  1. ^ magán- 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

  • magán- in Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.). Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (“A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian”). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition →ISBN. Online searchable version (under development)
  • (still written separately in the headword) magán 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
  • (still written separately) magán in Czuczor, Gergely and János Fogarasi: A magyar nyelv szótára (“A Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”). Pest: Emich Gusztáv Magyar Akadémiai Nyomdász, 1862–1874.
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