севдах
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (sevda) (compare Turkish sevda (“love”)), from Arabic سَوْدَاء (sawdāʾ, “black bile”). Akin to севда̀лӣнка, севда̀лија, севда̀лук, сѐвди, сѐвдисати.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sěʋdaːx/
- Hyphenation: сев‧дах
Noun
сѐвда̄х m (Latin spelling sèvdāh)
- love, lovesickness
- yearning for love
Declension
Declension of севдах
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | севдах | севдаси |
| genitive | севда́ха | севдаха |
| dative | севдаху | севдасима |
| accusative | севдах | севдахе |
| vocative | севдаше | севдаси |
| locative | севдаху | севдасима |
| instrumental | севдахом | севдасима |
References
- “севдах” in Hrvatski jezični portal
- Abdulah Škaljić (1966), Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Svjetlost: Sarajevo, page 561