Sarajevan

English

Alternative forms

• Sarayevan (uncommon)

Etymology

From Sarajevo +‎ -an.

Adjective

Sarajevan (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to, Sarajevo.
   • 2022, Priscilla Morris, Black Butterflies, Duckworth, page 53:

     In a show of Sarajevan defiance or perhaps simply out of habit, old men in flat caps are playing giant chess in the tree-lined square outside the Orthodox cathedral, quite as if they’re not in danger, just as they do every afternoon.

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to, Sarajevo

• Polish: sarajewski (pl) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: са̀рајевскӣ

  Roman: sàrajevskī (sh)

• Spanish: sarajevita

Noun

Sarajevan (plural Sarajevans)

1. Someone from Sarajevo.
   • 2022, Priscilla Morris, Black Butterflies, Duckworth, page 51:

     Sarajevans – old, young, men, women, Muslim, Croat, Serb – dart across the road in zigzags in an attempt to dodge the bullets.

Translations

someone from Sarajevo

• Polish: sarajewianin (pl) m, sarajewianka (pl) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Сара̀јлија m, Са̀ра̄јка f

  Roman: Saràjlija (sh) m, Sàrājka f

• Spanish: sarajevita m