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sevdalinka

sevdalinka

English

Noun

sevdalinka (plural sevdalinkas)

  1. A traditional genre of folk music from Bosnia and Herzegovina, also popular in ex-Yugoslavia region.

Translations


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (sevdalı) (compare Turkish sevdalı). Akin to sèvdāh, sevdàlija, sevdàluk, sèvdi, sèvdisati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seʋdǎliːnka/
  • Hyphenation: sev‧da‧lin‧ka

Noun

sevdàlīnka f (Cyrillic spelling севда̀лӣнка)

  1. sevdalinka

Declension

References

  • sevdalinka” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Abdulah Škaljić (1966), Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Svjetlost: Sarajevo, page 562

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɛvdɑˈliɳkɑ] or IPA(key): [sɛvdɑːˈliɳkɑ]

Noun

sevdalinka (definite accusative sevdalinkayı, plural sevdalinkalar)

  1. sevdalinka

Declension