meneviš
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish منوشه (menevşe), from Persian بنفشه (banafše); compare Turkish menekşe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meneʋiʃ/
- Hyphenation: me‧ne‧viš
Adjective
meneviš (Cyrillic spelling меневиш)
- (rare, regional) the color of the violet flower, violet, blue-violet
- a. 1823, “Banović Strainja”, in Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, editor, Narodne srpske pjesme, volume 2, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, published 1823, page 124:
- Оћу њима руо пром’јенити,
А у Турско руо облачити:
Око главе бијеле кауке,
А на плећи зелене доламе,
А на ноге меневиш чакшире,
О појасу сабље пламените;- Oću njima ruo prom’jeniti,
A u Tursko ruo oblačiti:
Oko glave bijele kauke,
A na pleći zelene dolame,
A na noge meneviš čakšire,
O pojasu sablje plamenite; - I want to change their apparel,
and in Turkish apparel dress them:
around their heads white caouks,
and on their shoulders green dolmans,
and on their legs violet baggy breeches,
in their belts fiery sabers;
- Oću njima ruo prom’jeniti,
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Declension
Indeclinable.
Alternative forms
- menevli
- menefiš
- meleviš
References
- Pero Budmani, Tomislav Maretić, editor (1904-1910), “meneviš”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 6, Zagreb: JAZU, page 601