zdravo

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From zdrav ("healthy, sane, sound"). The greeting stems from the expression used to wish the interlocutor good health. Compare the semantics of French salut, Italian salve (etymologically), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (hails), and Russian здравствуйте (zdravstvujte) as greetings.

Cognate e.g. with Bulgarian здраво (zdravo), здрав (zdrav), Macedonian здраво (zdravo), Old Church Slavonic ⱄⱏⰴⱃⰰⰲⱏ (sŭdravŭ), Polish zdrowy, Old Novgorodian съторове (sŭtorove), Russian здоро́вый (zdoróvyj), здра́вый (zdrávyj), здоро́во (zdoróvo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zdrâʋo/
  • Hyphenation: zdra‧vo

Adverb

zdrȁvo (Cyrillic spelling здра̏во)

  1. healthily
  2. soundly
  3. sanely

Interjection

zdrȁvo (Cyrillic spelling здра̏во)

  1. hello! hi! (greeting)
  2. bye! farewell! (greeting)

Synonyms

Slovene

Pronunciation

Adjective

zdrȃvo

  1. neuter nominative singular of zdrav

Adverb

zdrȃvo

  1. healthy

Interjection

zdrȃvo

  1. hello, hi (greeting)

Further reading

  • “zdravo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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