koban

koban

See also: kōban

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 小判(こばん) (koban).

Alternative forms

• cobang, coebang, kobang

Noun

koban (plural kobans)

1. An oval gold coin in the Edo period of feudal Japan.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 交番(こうばん) (kōban).

Noun

koban (plural kobans)

1. A small community police office or a police box, especially one in Japan.

Anagrams

• Banko

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Japanese

Romanization

koban

1. Rōmaji transcription of こばん

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

kȏb (“fate, omen”) +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kôːban/
• Hyphenation: ko‧ban

Adjective

kȏban (definite kȏbnī, Cyrillic spelling ко̑бан)

1. fatal, baleful, ominous
2. tragic, unlucky

Declension

indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		koban	kobna	kobno
genitive		kobna	kobne	kobna
dative		kobnu	kobnoj	kobnu
accusative	inanimate animate	koban kobna	kobnu	kobno
vocative		koban	kobna	kobno
locative		kobnu	kobnoj	kobnu
instrumental		kobnim	kobnom	kobnim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		kobni	kobne	kobna
genitive		kobnih	kobnih	kobnih
dative		kobnim(a)	kobnim(a)	kobnim(a)
accusative		kobne	kobne	kobna
vocative		kobni	kobne	kobna
locative		kobnim(a)	kobnim(a)	kobnim(a)
instrumental		kobnim(a)	kobnim(a)	kobnim(a)

definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		kobni	kobna	kobno
genitive		kobnog(a)	kobne	kobnog(a)
dative		kobnom(u/e)	kobnoj	kobnom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	kobni kobnog(a)	kobnu	kobno
vocative		kobni	kobna	kobno
locative		kobnom(e/u)	kobnoj	kobnom(e/u)
instrumental		kobnim	kobnom	kobnim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		kobni	kobne	kobna
genitive		kobnih	kobnih	kobnih
dative		kobnim(a)	kobnim(a)	kobnim(a)
accusative		kobne	kobne	kobna
vocative		kobni	kobne	kobna
locative		kobnim(a)	kobnim(a)	kobnim(a)
instrumental		kobnim(a)	kobnim(a)	kobnim(a)