zdravo
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
From zdrav ("healthy, sane, sound"). The greeting stems from the expression used to wish the interlocutor good health. Compare the semantics of French salut, Italian salve (etymologically), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (hails), and Russian здравствуйте (zdravstvujte) as greetings.
Cognate e.g. with Bulgarian здраво (zdravo), здрав (zdrav), Macedonian здраво (zdravo), Old Church Slavonic ⱄⱏⰴⱃⰰⰲⱏ (sŭdravŭ), Polish zdrowy, Old Novgorodian съторове (sŭtorove), Russian здоро́вый (zdoróvyj), здра́вый (zdrávyj), здоро́во (zdoróvo).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
zdrȁvo (Cyrillic spelling здра̏во)
Interjection edit
zdrȁvo (Cyrillic spelling здра̏во)
Synonyms edit
Slovene edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
zdrȃvo
Adverb edit
zdrȃvo
Interjection edit
zdrȃvo
Further reading edit
- “zdravo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran