maglajz

Czech

Alternative forms

  • maglajs

Etymology

Derived from an older form maglaj, according to Bosnian toponym Maglaj, where several battles took place when Austro-Hungarian started to rule Bosnia and Herzegovina.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmaɡlajs]

Noun

maglajz m inan

  1. (informal) chaos, confusion, mess

Declension

References

  1. ^ Hugo, Jan et al., editors (2020), “maglajz”, in Slovník nespisovné češtiny:argot, slangy a obecná mluva od nejstarších dob po současnost. Historie a původ slov [Dictionary of non-standard Czech: argot, slang and common language from ancient times to the present. History and origin of words] (in Czech), 4th edition, Prague: Maxdorf, →ISBN, page 251

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