pelivan

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish pehlivan), from Persian پهلوان (pahlavân).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pelǐʋaːn/
  • Hyphenation: pe‧li‧van

Noun

pelìvān m (Cyrillic spelling пелѝва̄н)

  1. (regional) tightrope walker, ropewalker
  2. (regional) acrobat
  3. (regional) wrestler
  4. (regional) exhibitionist (one who attempts to draw attention to himself or herself by his or her behavior)

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