Sarajevo

English

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Sarajevo, from Ottoman Turkish سرای‎, Turkish Saray-ovası, from saray (“palace”) (Persian سرای‎ (sarây, “inn”) [1]), and ova "plain, lowland".[2][3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌsɑɹəˈjeɪvəʊ/

Proper noun

Sarajevo

  1. The capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  2. A canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Derived terms

Translations

References
  1. Etymology in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. Velikonja, Mitja (2003) Religious Separation and Political Intolerance in Bosnia-Herzegovina‎, Texas A&M University Press, page 55
  3. Tomašević, Nebojša (1983) Treasures of Yugoslavia‎, Yugoslaviapublic, page 315

Esperanto

Proper noun

Sarajevo (accusative Sarajevon)

  1. Sarajevo

Holonyms

Estonian

Proper noun

Sarajevo

  1. Sarajevo

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sa.ʁa.je.vo/

Proper noun

Sarajevo

  1. Sarajevo (city)

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsaʁaˌjeːvo/, /ˌsaʁaˈjeːvo/, /zaʁa-/, /-jɛvo/

Proper noun

Sarajevo n (genitive Sarajevos)

  1. Sarajevo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Sarajevo f (Portugal)

  1. Sarajevo (the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سرای‎ (saray) (from Persian سرای‎ (sarây, “house, palace”)) and اووه‎ (ova, “plain, lowland”) (from Proto-Turkic [Term?]).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sǎrajeʋo/
  • Hyphenation: Sa‧ra‧je‧vo

Proper noun

Sàrajevo n (Cyrillic spelling Са̀рајево)

  1. Sarajevo (city)

Declension
Declension of Sarajevo
singular
nominative Sarajevo
genitive Sarajeva
dative Sarajevu
accusative Sarajevo
vocative Sarajevo
locative Sarajevu
instrumental Sarajevom
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