севди
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (sevdi) (compare Turkish sevdi), third-person singular past definite indicative of [script needed] (sevmek) (Turkish sevmek (“to love”)), used as a participle in Serbo-Croatian. Akin to севда̀лӣнка, севда̀лија, севда̀лук, сѐвда̄х, сѐвдисати.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sěʋdi/
- Hyphenation: сев‧ди
Adjective
сѐвди m (Latin spelling sèvdi) (indeclinable)
- (regional) beloved
- (regional) in love
References
- Abdulah Škaljić (1966), Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Svjetlost: Sarajevo, page 562