See also: düşman, duşman, and dușman

Serbo-Croatian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دشمن (düşman), from Persian دشمن (došman). Akin to dušmànluk and dȋn-dȕšman.

Pronunciation edit

  • (dùšman): IPA(key): /dûʃman/
  • (dùšmān): IPA(key): /dǔʃmaːn/
  • Hyphenation: duš‧man

Noun edit

dȕšman m (Cyrillic spelling ду̏шман) or dùšmān m (Cyrillic spelling ду̀шма̄н)

  1. (expressively) enemy
    • 2012, Cherkezi United, Smugljanka:
      Bježao sam pred dušmanom,
      Napustivši rodni grad.
      I fled before the enemy,
      Leaving behind my native city.
    • 1993, Bajaga i Instruktori (lyrics and music), “Ovo je Balkan”, in Bajaga i Instruktori (lyrics), Muzika na struju[1], performed by Bajaga i Instruktori, Produkcija Stig:
      Tu svako može biti
      Dušman i brat
      Svakih pedeset leta izbija rat.
      Here anyone can be
      Enemy and brother
      Every fifty years erupts the war.

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

References edit

  • dušman” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 229