čar
See also: Appendix:Variations of "car"
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *čȃrъ, čȃrь (Russian ча́ры (čáry), Polish czar), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make, build”) (Sanskrit करोति (karóti), Lithuanian kùrti). Slavic forms with čar- (compare čárati) presuppose a nominal lengthened-grade derivation, i.e. Proto-Balto-Slavic *kēr- (Lithuanian kẽras (“charm, magic”)). Serbo-Croatian i-stem is probably an archaism - lengthened grade is expected in PIE root nouns which yield Balto-Slavic i-stems. PIE root probably already had magical connotations, i.e. denoting remote action by magical means. First attested in the 16th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʃâːr/
Noun
čȃr m (Cyrillic spelling ча̑р)
- charm, allure
- spell, magic
Declension
Declension of čar
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | čȃr | čari |
| genitive | čari | čárī/čárā |
| dative | čari | čarima |
| accusative | čar | čari |
| vocative | čari | čari |
| locative | čari | čarima |
| instrumental | čarju / čari | čarima |
References
- “čar” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- Skok, Petar (1971) Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume I, Zagreb: JAZU, page 295
- Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q., editors (1997) Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 362