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Etymology
Borrowed from Russian окно (okno)
Noun
окно (okno)
- window
References
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *okъno (“window”).
Pronunciation
Noun
окно • (okno) n (plural окна)
- window
- Synonym: прозорец (prozorec)
- pane
- shaft, pit (in mines)
- millstone
- compartment (in a granary)
Declension
References
- “окно” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *okъno. Related to Russian о́ко (óko, “eye”).
For semantic parallels, compare Old English ēagþȳrel (“window”, literally “eye-hole”) and Old Norse vindauga (“window”, literally “wind-eye”) (whence English window).
Pronunciation
Noun
окно́ • (oknó) n inan (genitive окна́, nominative plural о́кна, genitive plural о́кон, relational adjective око́нный, diminutive око́нце or око́шечко or око́шко)
- window
- смотре́ть в окно́ ― smotrétʹ v oknó ― to look through a window
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “окно”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “окно”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 594
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *okъno.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǒkno/
- Hyphenation: ок‧но
Noun
о̀кно n (Latin spelling òkno)
- pane (of windows)
- shaft, pit (in mines)
Declension