Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

From a spoken form of Ottoman Turkish تازیانه (taziyane), from Persian تازیانه (tâziyâna), تارزنه (târzana, scourge, lash, whip).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /terzǐjaːn/
  • Hyphenation: ter‧zi‧jan

Noun edit

terzìjān m (Cyrillic spelling терзѝја̄н)

  1. (regional) plectrum (small piece of plastic, metal, ivory etc. for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin etc.)
    Synonym: trzalica

Declension edit