начин

Deverbal of начи́ня (načínja, “to accomplish”). Diachronically, inherited from Proto-Slavic *načinъ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈnat͡ʃin]

на́чин • (náčin) m

1. way, method, approach

   по то́зи на́чин ― po tózi náčin ― in this way

   ня́ма на́чин! ― njáma náčin! ― no way!

2. (linguistics) manner

• чин (čin, “rank”)

• “начин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “начин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “на́чинъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 248
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “начин”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 574

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *načinъ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈnat͡ʃin]

начин • (način) m (relational adjective начински)

1. way, manner, method
2. mood (grammar)

From an unknown source, possibly via Proto-Common Turkic *lāčïn (“falcon”); compare Azerbaijani laçın, Turkmen laçyn and Uyghur لاچىن (lachin).

• IPA^(key): /nɑˈt͡ɕin/

начин • (način) (Mongolian spelling ᠨᠠᠴᠢᠨ (način))

1. falcon

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *načinъ.

• IPA^(key): /nǎːt͡ʃin/
• Hyphenation: на‧чин

на́чин m inan (Latin spelling náčin)

1. way, method, approach, manner

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