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Hungarian
Etymology
From ott + honn.
Pronunciation
Noun
otthon (plural otthonok)
- home (one’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with his family; the habitual abode of one’s family)
- Synonyms: lakás, lakhely, lakóhely, hajlék
- (mostly in compounds) home, hostel, refuge, shelter, asylum (a place of rest or care)
- Synonyms: szállás, szálló, menhely, menedék
Declension
Derived terms
- See the terms derived from the adverb below.
Adverb
otthon
- at home
- Coordinate terms: otthonról, (both: from home) hazulról, ( home) haza
- Péter otthon van. ― Peter is at home.
- Érezd magad otthon! ― Make yourself at home!
- construed with van and -ban/-ben: to be familiar with some field
- Synonyms: jártas, járatos
Usage notes
Compare the usage of otthon vs. itthon.
- If the speaker is absent from her home when she speaks, use otthon.
- A férjem otthon van. ― My husband is at home.
- If the speaker is at home at the time when she speaks, use itthon:
- A férjem itthon van. ― My husband is at home.
Derived terms
- See the terms derived from the noun above.
See also
Further reading
- (home, abode, domicile, residence): otthon 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
- (at home): otthon 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