sevdi

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (sevdi) (compare Turkish sevdi), third-person singular past definite indicative of [script needed] (sevmek) (Turkish sevmek (“to love”)), used as a participle in Serbo-Croatian. Akin to sevdàlīnka, sevdàlija, sevdàluk, sèvdāh, sèvdisati.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sěʋdi/
  • Hyphenation: sev‧di

Adjective

sèvdi m (Cyrillic spelling сѐвди) (indeclinable)

  1. (regional) beloved
  2. (regional) in love

References
  • Abdulah Škaljić (1966), Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Svjetlost: Sarajevo, page 562
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