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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žeravь. First attested in the 16th century.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
ždrȃl m (Cyrillic spelling ждра̑л)
- crane (bird)
- Synonym: žerav
- grey horse
- Synonym: žerav
Declension
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2021) “ždral”, in Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes II: O—Ž, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 615
Further reading
- “ždral”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024