sevdalinka

English

Etymology

Serbo-Croatian sevdalinka, from Turkish sevda.

Noun

sevdalinka (countable and uncountable, plural sevdalinkas)

  1. (uncountable) A traditional genre of folk music from Bosnia and Herzegovina, also popular in the ex-Yugoslavia region.
  2. (countable) A piece composed in this style.

Translations

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سودالی‎ (sevdalı) (compare Turkish sevdalı). Akin to sèvdāh, sevdàlija, sevdàluk, sèvdi, sèvdisati.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /seʋdǎliːnka/
  • Hyphenation: sev‧da‧lin‧ka

Noun

sevdàlīnka f (Cyrillic spelling севда̀лӣнка)

  1. sevdalinka

Declension
Declension of sevdalinka
singular plural
nominative sevdàlīnka sevdalinke
genitive sevdalinke sevdàlīnkā/sevdàlīnkī
dative sevdalinki sevdalinkama
accusative sevdalinku sevdalinke
vocative sevdalinko sevdalinke
locative sevdalinki sevdalinkama
instrumental sevdalinkom sevdalinkama

References
  • “sevdalinka” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 562

Further reading

Turkish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [sɛvdɑˈliɳkɑ] or IPA(key): [sɛvdɑːˈliɳkɑ]

Noun

sevdalinka (definite accusative sevdalinkayı, plural sevdalinkalar)

  1. sevdalinka

Declension
Inflection
Nominative sevdalinka
Definite accusative sevdalinkayı
Singular Plural
Nominative sevdalinka sevdalinkalar
Definite accusative sevdalinkayı sevdalinkaları
Dative sevdalinkaya sevdalinkalara
Locative sevdalinkada sevdalinkalarda
Ablative sevdalinkadan sevdalinkalardan
Genitive sevdalinkanın sevdalinkaların
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular sevdalinkam sevdalinkalarım
2nd singular sevdalinkan sevdalinkaların
3rd singular sevdalinkası sevdalinkaları
1st plural sevdalinkamız sevdalinkalarımız
2nd plural sevdalinkanız sevdalinkalarınız
3rd plural sevdalinkaları sevdalinkaları
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