mostan

Hungarian

Etymology

most (“now”) +‎ -an (adverb-forming suffix)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmoʃtɒn]
  • Hyphenation: mos‧tan
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Adverb

mostan (not comparable)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of most (“now”)
    • 1910, Dezső Kosztolányi, Leslie A. Kery (translator), Mostan színes tintákról álmodom ([literally, “Now”] I’m dreaming of coloured inks)

Derived terms

Further reading
  • mostan in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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