филдиш

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (fildişi) (Turkish fildişi), a compound of [script needed] (fil, elephant) and [script needed] (diş, tooth) (Turkish fil and diş). Akin to фи̏л (elephant).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fǐldiʃ/
  • Hyphenation: фил‧диш

Noun

фѝлдиш m (Latin spelling fìldiš)

  1. (regional, uncountable) ivory

Declension

Synonyms

References

  • Abdulah Škaljić (1966), Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Svjetlost: Sarajevo, page 283
  • филдиш”, 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 669
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