alászolgája
Hungarian
Hungarian phrasebook
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Alternative forms
- alásszolgája
Etymology
Shortened from alázatos szolgája (“your humble servant”), calque of Latin servus humillimus.[1] See also the similar etymology at szervusz and csaó.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒlaːsolɡaːjɒ]
- Hyphenation: alá‧szol‧gá‧ja
Interjection
alászolgája
- (formal, dated) hello
- (formal, archaic) at your service
References
- Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN