севдалија

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Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سودا (sevda) (compare Turkish sevda (love)) + +‎ -lija. Akin to сѐвда̄х, севда̀лӣнка, севда̀лук, сѐвди, сѐвдисати.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /seʋdǎlija/
  • Hyphenation: сев‧да‧ли‧ја

Noun

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севда̀лија m (Latin spelling sevdàlija)

  1. (regional) a man in love

Declension

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References

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  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 562