šaran

See also: saran and sáran

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From šára or Proto-Turkic *siāŕgan (compare Turkish sazan (carp)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃǎran/

Noun

šàran m anim (Cyrillic spelling ша̀ран)

  1. carp
    Synonym: krap
Declension
Declension of šaran
singular plural
nominative šaran šarani
genitive šarana šarana
dative šaranu šaranima
accusative šarana šarane
vocative šarane šarani
locative šaranu šaranima
instrumental šaranom šaranima

Further reading

  • šaran”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 2

From šára +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃâːran/

Adjective

šȃran (Cyrillic spelling ша̑ран)

  1. motley

Further reading

  • šaran”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025