maglajz

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Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Derived from an older form maglaj, according to Bosnian toponym Maglaj, where several battles took place when Austro-Hungarian started to rule Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

maglajz m inan

  1. (informal) chaos, confusion, mess

Declension

References

  1. ^ Hugo, Jan et al., editors (2020), “maglajz”, in Slovník nespisovné češtiny:argot, slangy a obecná mluva od nejstarších dob po současnost. Historie a původ slov [Dictionary of non-standard Czech: argot, slang and common language from ancient times to the present. History and origin of words] (in Czech), 4th edition, Prague: Maxdorf, →ISBN

Further reading

  • maglaj”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • maglajz”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • maglajz”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • maglajz in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz