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Macedonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حیوان, borrowed from Arabic حَيَوَان (ḥayawān).
Pronunciation
Noun
ајван • (ajvan) m (plural ајвани, relational adjective ајвански, diminutive ајванче)
- (colloquial, rare) animal
- Synonyms: животно n (životno), добиче n (dobiče)
- (figurative, derogatory) simpleton, lazybones, savage
Declension
References
- Belčev, Tole (2016) “ајван”, in Речник на турцизми, архаизми, дијалектизми и ретко употребувани зборови во македонскиот јазик (in Macedonian), Štip: UGD, →ISBN, page 16
- “ајван” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu