bojnik

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

boj +‎ -nik. Military sense has been coined by Croatian linguist Bogoslav Šulek.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bôːjniːk/
  • Hyphenation: boj‧nik

Noun

bȏjnīk m (Cyrillic spelling бо̑јнӣк)

  1. (military, Croatia) major
  2. (archaic) warrior, soldier, duelist

Declension
Declension of bojnik
singular plural
nominative bȏjnīk bȏjnīci
genitive bojnika bojnika
dative bojniku bojnicima
accusative bojnika bojnike
vocative bȏjnīče bojnici
locative bojniku bojnicima
instrumental bojnikom bojnicima

Synonyms
  • (major, Bosnian, Serbian): major
  • (major, Serbian): tisućnik (obsolete)

Descendants

Quotations
  • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:bojnik.
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