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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
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سودالی (sevdalı) (compare Turkish sevdalı). Akin to sèvdāh, sevdàlija, sevdàluk, sèvdi, sèvdisati.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seʋdǎliːnka/
- Hyphenation: sev‧da‧lin‧ka
Noun
sevdàlīnka f (Cyrillic spelling севда̀лӣнка)
- sevdalinka
Declension
References
- “sevdalinka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
- Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 562
Further reading
Turkish
Pronunciation
Noun
sevdalinka (definite accusative sevdalinkayı, plural sevdalinkalar)
- sevdalinka
Declension