adžuvan

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

adžùvān m (Cyrillic spelling аџу̀ва̄н)

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

Declension

References

  • 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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