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Macedonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish میمون (maymun), from Arabic مَيْمُون (maymūn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: мај‧мун
Noun
мајмун • (majmun) m (plural мајмуни, feminine мајмунка, relational adjective мајмунски, diminutive мајмунче, augmentative мајмуниште)
- monkey, ape
- На др́вото и́маше голе́м мајмун. ― Na dŕvoto ímaše golém majmun. ― There was a big monkey on the tree.
- (colloquial, derogatory) idiot
Usage notes
Declension
References
- “мајмун” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish میمون (maymun), from Arabic مَيْمُون (maymūn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mǎjmun/
- Hyphenation: мај‧мун
Noun
ма̀јмун m (Latin spelling màjmun)
- monkey (primate)
- Пса гледају мали мајмун и велика мачка. ― The dog is watched by the small monkey and the big cat.
- (Serbia, Internet) at sign, at
- (colloquial, derogatory) idiot
Declension
References
- “мајмун”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024