dușman
Romanian
Alternative forms
- душман (dușman) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology
Borrowed from Kipchak [Term?]. Later reinforced by Ottoman Turkish دشمن (düşmen) (Turkish düşman), ultimately from Classical Persian دشمن (dušman).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /duʃˈman/
Audio (male voice): (file) - Rhymes: -an
- Hyphenation: duș‧man
Noun
dușman m (plural dușmani)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | dușman | dușmanul | dușmani | dușmanii | |
| genitive-dative | dușman | dușmanului | dușmani | dușmanilor | |
| vocative | dușmanule | dușmanilor | |||
Further reading
- “dușman”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025