Sarajevo
English
editEtymology
editFrom Serbo-Croatian Sarajevo, from Ottoman Turkish سرای, Turkish Saray-ovası, from saray (“palace”), from Persian سرای (sarây, “inn”).[1]), and ova "plain, lowland".[2][3]
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˌsɑɹəˈjeɪvəʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
editSarajevo
- The capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, built on the Miljacka river.
- 2003, Hillary Rodham Clinton, “War Zones”, in Living History[3], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 344:
- I had planned a stop in Sarajevo to meet with a multiethnic delegation to hear their ideas about what the United States government and private organizations could do to help heal a society ripped apart by war. The security situation forced me to cancel my trip to Sarajevo, but the people I was to meet were so disappointed that they insisted on braving the journey along fifty miles of treacherous roads to meet me in Tuzla.
- A canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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References
editAfrikaans
editProper noun
editSarajevo
- Alternative spelling of Sarajewo
Czech
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editSarajevo n (related adjective sarajevský)
- Sarajevo (the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- “Sarajevo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Esperanto
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Serbo-Croatian Sarajevo, from Ottoman Turkish سرای (saray, “house, mansion, palace”), from Persian سرای (sarây, “inn”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editSarajevo (accusative Sarajevon)
- Sarajevo (the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Sarajevo (a canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Holonyms
editEstonian
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editSarajevo (genitive Sarajevo, partitive Sarajevot)
- Sarajevo (the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Sarajevo (a canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Declension
editDeclension of Sarajevo (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | Sarajevo | — | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | Sarajevo | ||
genitive | — | ||
partitive | Sarajevot | — | |
illative | Sarajevosse | — | |
inessive | Sarajevos | — | |
elative | Sarajevost | — | |
allative | Sarajevole | — | |
adessive | Sarajevol | — | |
ablative | Sarajevolt | — | |
translative | Sarajevoks | — | |
terminative | Sarajevoni | — | |
essive | Sarajevona | — | |
abessive | Sarajevota | — | |
comitative | Sarajevoga | — |
Further reading
edit- “Sarajevo”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “Sarajevo”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- Sarajevo in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
French
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editSarajevo ?
- Sarajevo (the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Sarajevo (a canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
German
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editSarajevo n (proper noun, genitive Sarajevos or (optionally with an article) Sarajevo)
- Sarajevo (the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Sarajevo (a canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Declension
editIcelandic
editProper noun
editSarajevo ?
- Alternative form of Sarajevó
Portuguese
editProper noun
editSarajevo
- Alternative spelling of Saraievo
Serbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish سرای (saray) (from Persian سرای (sarây, “house, palace”)) and اووه (ova, “plain, lowland”) (from Proto-Turkic [Term?]).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editSàrajevo n (Cyrillic spelling Са̀рајево)
- Sarajevo (the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Sarajevo (a canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Declension
editRelated terms
editSlovak
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editSarajevo n (genitive singular Sarajeva, declension pattern of mesto)
- Sarajevo (the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
References
edit- “Sarajevo”, 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, 2024
Swedish
editProper noun
editSarajevo n (genitive Sarajevos)
- Sarajevo (the capital city of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Sarajevo (a canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- English terms borrowed from Serbo-Croatian
- English terms derived from Serbo-Croatian
- English terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- English terms derived from Turkish
- English terms derived from Persian
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- en:National capitals
- en:Places in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- English terms with quotations
- en:Cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans proper nouns
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech neuter nouns
- cs:Cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- cs:National capitals
- cs:Places in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Czech uncountable nouns
- Czech hard neuter nouns
- Esperanto terms borrowed from Serbo-Croatian
- Esperanto terms derived from Serbo-Croatian
- Esperanto terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Esperanto terms derived from Persian
- Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation
- Esperanto terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Esperanto/evo
- Esperanto lemmas
- Esperanto proper nouns
- eo:Cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- eo:National capitals
- eo:Places in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- eo:Cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Estonian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- et:Cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- et:National capitals
- et:Places in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- et:Cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Estonian ohutu-type nominals
- Estonian uncountable nouns
- French 4-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- fr:Cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- fr:National capitals
- fr:Places in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- fr:Cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- German 4-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- de:National capitals
- de:Places in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- de:Cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- German uncountable nouns
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic proper nouns
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Persian
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Turkic
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian proper nouns
- Serbo-Croatian neuter nouns
- sh:Cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- sh:National capitals
- sh:Places in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- sh:Cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovak lemmas
- Slovak proper nouns
- Slovak neuter nouns
- sk:Cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- sk:National capitals
- sk:Places in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:Cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- sv:National capitals
- sv:Places in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- sv:Cantons of Bosnia and Herzegovina