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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سودی (sevdi), third-person singular past definite indicative of سومك (sevmek) (Turkish sevmek (“to love”)), used as a participle in Serbo-Croatian. Akin to севда̀лӣнка, севда̀лија, севда̀лук, сѐвда̄х, сѐвдисати.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sěʋdi/
- Hyphenation: сев‧ди
Adjective
сѐвди m (Latin spelling sèvdi) (indeclinable)
- (regional) beloved
- (regional) in love
References
- Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 562