samuraj

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese (さむらい) (samurai).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsamuraj]
  • Hyphenation: sa‧mu‧raj

Noun

samuraj m anim (female equivalent samurajka, relational adjective samurajský)

  1. (historical) samurai (feudal Japanese warrior)

Declension

Further reading

Latvian

Noun

samuraj

  1. vocative singular of samurajs

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese (さむらい) (samurai).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saˈmu.raj/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uraj
  • Syllabification: sa‧mu‧raj

Noun

samuraj m pers (related adjective samurajski)

  1. (historical) samurai (soldier who served a daimyo in feudal Japan)
    Hypernym: rycerz
  2. (figurative) samurai (noble man who upholds the principles of honor)
    Synonym: człowiek honoru

Declension

Further reading

  • samuraj in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • samuraj in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • samuraj in PWN's encyclopedia

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /samǔraːj/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧mu‧raj

Noun

samùrāj m anim (Cyrillic spelling саму̀ра̄ј)

  1. samurai

Declension

Declension of samuraj
singular plural
nominative samùrāj samuraji
genitive samurája samuraja
dative samuraju samurajima
accusative samuraja samuraje
vocative samuraju samuraji
locative samuraju samurajima
instrumental samurajem samurajima

Further reading

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

Slovak

Etymology

Ultimately from Japanese (さむらい, samurai).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsamuraj]
  • Rhymes: -aj

Noun

samuraj m pers (female equivalent samurajka)

  1. samurai (a member of a feudal Japanese warrior class)

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
  • samurajský
nouns
  • samurajstvo

References

  • samuraj”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Japanese (samurai).

Noun

samuraj c

  1. samurai

Declension

Derived terms

See also

References