јунак

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *junakъ, from *junъ (“young”) +‎ *-akъ (inherited into -ак (-ak)). Compare јунец (junec, “bullock”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic юнакъ (junakŭ), Bulgarian юна́к (junák), Slovak jonák, Polish junak.

• IPA^(key): [ˈjunak]
• Hyphenation: ју‧нак

јунак • (junak) m (plural јунаци, feminine јунакиња, relational adjective јуначки, diminutive јуначе, augmentative јуначиште)

1. brave man

   Synonyms: храбрец (hrabrec), херој (heroj)

2. (literature) hero (the bearer of the action, a character in a literary work)

   Synonym: херој (heroj)

3. (colloquial) young man, young lad
4. (colloquial) son, grandson

   Еве го мојот јунак. ― Eve go mojot junak. ― Here is my son/grandson. (depends on the context)

• “јунак” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *junakъ. From Proto-Slavic *junъ (“young”) +‎ *-akъ (masculine nominalizing suffix cognate to Serbo-Croatian -ак). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic юнакъ (junakŭ), Czech jonák (Moravian Czech junák), Polish junak, Bulgarian юна́к (junák), Macedonian јунак (junak).

• IPA^(key): /jǔnaːk/
• Hyphenation: ју‧нак

ју̀на̄к m anim (Latin spelling jùnāk)

1. (archaic) young man
2. (by semantic narrowing) soldier [Attested from 1399 onward.]
3. (thence by semantic widening) hero, brave or strong man [Attested from XVI century onward.]
4. (archaic) husband
5. (archaic) servant
6. (literary) brave horse of a hero

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:junak.

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