jorgovan

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ارغوان‎ (ergavân, erguvân), from Persian ارغوان‎ (arğawān, arğuwān, “purple; Judas tree”), from Akkadian 𒅈𒂵𒌋𒌋𒉡 (argamannu). Compare jorgováni, adžùvān.

Pronunciation

  • (jȍrgovān): IPA(key): /jôrɡoʋaːn/
  • (jorgòvān): IPA(key): /jorɡǒʋaːn/
  • Hyphenation: jor‧go‧van

Noun

jȍrgovān m (Cyrillic spelling јо̏ргова̄н) or jorgòvān m (Cyrillic spelling јорго̀ва̄н)

  1. lilac (Syringa vulgaris)

Declension

References

  • Abdulah Škaljić (1966), Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Svjetlost: Sarajevo, page 373
  • “jorgovan” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (1990, Друго фототипско издање), Матица српска, Matica hrvatska (Нови Сад, Zagreb), volume 2, page 606
  • Skok, Petar (1972) Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 2, Zagreb: JAZU, page 783
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