аџуван

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (ercuvan, lilac), [script needed] (erguvan, lilac), from Persian ارغوان (erǧewān, lilac; red-colored object). Compare јо̏ргова̄н, јоргова́нӣ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /adʒǔʋaːn/
  • Hyphenation: а‧џу‧ван

Noun

аџу̀ва̄н m (Latin spelling adžùvān)

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

Declension

References

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