sevdalinka
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian sevdalinka, a compound of Ottoman Turkish سودالی (sevdalı, “lover”) + -inka, the first element deriving from Arabic سَوْدَاء (sawdāʔ, “black ; melancholy”) + Ottoman Turkish ـلی (-lı).
Noun
sevdalinka (countable and uncountable, plural sevdalinkas)
- (uncountable) A traditional genre of folk music from Bosnia and Herzegovina, also popular in the ex-Yugoslavia region.
- (countable) A piece composed in this style.
Translations
genre of folk music
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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سودالی (sevdalı) (compare Turkish sevdalı). Akin to sèvdāh, sevdàlija, sevdàluk, sèvdi, sèvdisati.
Pronunciation
Noun
sevdàlīnka f (Cyrillic spelling севда̀лӣнка)
Declension
Declension of sevdalinka
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sevdàlīnka | sevdalinke |
| genitive | sevdalinke | sevdàlīnkā/sevdàlīnkī |
| dative | sevdalinki | sevdalinkama |
| accusative | sevdalinku | sevdalinke |
| vocative | sevdalinko | sevdalinke |
| locative | sevdalinki | sevdalinkama |
| instrumental | sevdalinkom | sevdalinkama |
References
- “sevdalinka” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 562
Further reading
sevdalinka on the Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia.Wikipedia sh
Turkish
Pronunciation
Noun
sevdalinka (definite accusative sevdalinkayı, plural sevdalinkalar)