fildiš
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 fȉl (“elephant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fǐldiʃ/
- Hyphenation: fil‧diš
Noun
fìldiš m (Cyrillic spelling фѝлдиш)
- (regional, uncountable) ivory
Declension
Declension of fildiš
singular | |
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nominative | fildiš |
genitive | fildiša |
dative | fildišu |
accusative | fildiš |
vocative | fildišu |
locative | fildišu |
instrumental | fildišem |
Synonyms
- (ivory): slònovača
References
- Abdulah Škaljić (1966), Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Svjetlost: Sarajevo, page 283
- “fildiš”, 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