žandar

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French gendarme.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʒǎndaːr/ or IPA(key): /ʒândar/ or IPA(key): /ʒândaːr/

Noun

žàndār or žȁndar or žȁndār m (Cyrillic spelling жа̀нда̄р or жа̏ндар or жа̏нда̄р)

  1. gendarme
  2. (usually Serbia) knave, jack in playing cards

Declension
Declension of žandar
singular plural
nominative žàndār, žȁndar, žȁndār žandári, žȁndari
genitive žandára, žȁndara žandárā, žȁndarā
dative žandáru, žȁndaru žandárima, žȁndarima
accusative žandára, žȁndara žandáre, žȁndare
vocative žȁndare žandári, žȁndari
locative žandáru, žȁndaru žandárima, žȁndarima
instrumental žandárom, žȁndarom žandárima, žȁndarima

Derived terms
  • žandaríca (“little gendarme”)
  • žandàrčina and žandàrina (pejorative)
  • žȁndarica and žàndārka (“gendarme’s wife”)
  • žandárstvo (“gendarme service; gendarmerie”)
  • žandàrija (“gendarme service”)
  • žandàruša (“woman fond of conversing with gendarmes”)
  • žandàrisati (“to do service as a gendarme”)

See also
Playing cards in Serbo-Croatian · igraće karte (layout · text)
as, kes dvojka, dvica trojka, trica četvorka, četvrtica petica šestica sedmica
osmica devetka, devetica desetka, desetica dečko, pub, žandar, fant kraljica, dama kralj džoker

References
  • “žandar”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 2, Друго фототипско издање edition, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967, published 1990, page 14
  • “žandar” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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