sevdalija

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سودالی (sevdalı), equivalent to sèvdāh +‎ -lija. Akin to sèvdāh, sevdàlīnka, sevdàluk, sèvdi, sèvdisati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seʋdǎlija/
  • Hyphenation: sev‧da‧li‧ja

Noun

sevdàlija m (Cyrillic spelling севда̀лија)

  1. (regional) a man in love
    Synonym: zaljubljènīk

Declension

References

  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 562