севди

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سودی (sevdi), third-person singular past definite indicative of سومك (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 animacy unspecified (Latin spelling sèvdi) (indeclinable)

  1. (regional) beloved
  2. (regional) in love

References

  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 562
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