Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

First attested in c. 1495. From mind (all, indefinite pronoun) +‎ nyáj (large number of people) +‎ -a (possessive suffix) + -n (adverb-forming suffix).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈmiɲːaːjɒn]
  • Hyphenation: mind‧nyá‧jan
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Adverb edit

mindnyájan (not comparable)

  1. (of persons) all, all of us, all of them, we all, they all

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ mindnyájan in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading edit