jorgovan
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ارغوان (ergavan, erguvan), from Persian ارغوان (arġavân, arġuvân, “purple; Judas tree”), from Akkadian 𒅈𒂵𒌋𒌋𒉡 (argamannu). Doublet of adžùvān.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jôrɡoʋaːn/, /jorɡǒʋaːn/
- Hyphenation: jor‧go‧van
Noun
jȍrgovān or jorgòvān m inan (Cyrillic spelling јо̏ргова̄н or јорго̀ва̄н)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | jorgovan | jorgovani |
| genitive | jorgovana | jorgovana |
| dative | jorgovanu | jorgovanima |
| accusative | jorgovan | jorgovane |
| vocative | jorgovane | jorgovani |
| locative | jorgovanu | jorgovanima |
| instrumental | jorgovanom | jorgovanima |
Derived terms
References
- The template Template:R:sh:Škaljić1966 does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Škaljić, Abdulah (1966), Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost - “jorgovan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
- “jorgovan”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика [Rečnik srpskohrvatskoga književnog jezika, Dictionary of the Serbo-Croatian Literary Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање [Second Phototype Edition], volume 2, Novi Sad; Zagreb: Matica srpska; Matica hrvatska, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 606
- Skok, Petar (1972), “jorgovan”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (K – poni¹), Zagreb: JAZU, page 783