меневиш

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish منوشه (menevşe), from Persian بنفشه (banafše); compare Turkish menekşe.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /meneʋiʃ/
  • Hyphenation: ме‧не‧виш

Adjective

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меневиш (Latin spelling meneviš)

  1. (rare, regional) the color of the violet flower, violet, blue-violet
    • a. 1823, “Banović Strainja”, in Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, editor, Narodne srpske pjesme[1], volume 2, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, published 1823, page 124:
      Оћу њима руо пром’јенити,
      А у Турско руо облачити:
      Око главе бијеле кауке,
      А на плећи зелене доламе,
      А на ноге меневиш чакшире,
      О појасу сабље пламените;
      Oću njima ruo prom’jeniti,
      A u Tursko ruo oblačiti:
      Oko glave bijele kauke,
      A na pleći zelene dolame,
      A na noge meneviš čakšire,
      O pojasu sablje plamenite;
      I want to change their apparel,
      and in Turkish apparel dress them:
      around their heads white caouks,
      and on their shoulders green dolmans,
      and on their legs violet baggy breeches,
      in their belts fiery sabers;

Declension

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Indeclinable.

Alternative forms

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