hajdanában

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1604. From hajdan (“long ago”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix) +‎ -ban (“in”, inessive case suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɒjdɒnaːbɒn]
  • Hyphenation: haj‧da‧ná‧ban
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Adverb

hajdanában (not comparable)

  1. long ago (at a time in the past, especially the distant past)
    Synonyms: régen, egykor, valaha

References

  1. ^ hajdanában in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

  • hajdanában in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
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