ћосав

Serbo-Croatian

FWOTD – 22 November 2012

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كوسه (köse), from Persian کوسه (kuse, shark).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ɕôsaʋ/
  • Hyphenation: ћо‧сав

Adjective

ћо̏сав (Latin spelling ćȍsav)

  1. beardless, without facial hair
    • 1905, "Srpski etnografski zbornik", Srpska kraljevska akademija (the publisher):
      Редак је ћосав човек, док по околним селима има их много, а нарочито Арнаута, од којих је половина ћосава.
      Redak je ćosav čovek, dok po okolnim selima ima ih mnogo, a naročito Arnauta, od kojih je polovina ćosava.
      A beardless man is rare, while in the surrounding villages there are many, especially Arnauts, half of which are beardless.

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