adžuvan

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ارجوان (ercuvan), from Arabic أَرْجُوَان (ʔarjuwān, “redbud”). Compare jȍrgovān, jorgovánī.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ad͡ʒǔʋaːn/
  • Hyphenation: a‧džu‧van

Noun

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adžùvān m (Cyrillic spelling аџу̀ва̄н)

  1. (regional) young man
  2. (regional) lover

Declension

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Declension of adžuvan
singular plural
nominative adžùvān adžuvani
genitive adžuvána adžuvana
dative adžuvanu adžuvanima
accusative adžuvan adžuvane
vocative adžuvane adžuvani
locative adžuvanu adžuvanima
instrumental adžuvanom adžuvanima

References

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  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 71
  • “adžuvan”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 6, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 115
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