adžuvan

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

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

Noun

adžùvān m (Cyrillic spelling аџу̀ва̄н)

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

Declension
Declension of adžuvan
singular plural
nominative adžùvān adžuvani
genitive adžuvána adžuvana
dative adžuvanu adžuvanima
accusative adžuvan adžuvane
vocative adžuvane adžuvani
locative adžuvanu adžuvanima
instrumental adžuvanom adžuvanima

References
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 71
  • “adžuvan”, 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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