Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baxoriti.[1] Akin to Slovene bahoriti, Russian ба́харь (báxarʹ), бахо́рить (baxóritʹ). First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bâxoriti/
  • Hyphenation: ба‧хо‧ри‧ти

Verb

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ба̏хорити impf (Latin spelling bȁhoriti)

  1. (intransitive) to cast a spell, conjure, practice magic, sorcery or witchcraft

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “bȁhoriti”, in Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes I: A—Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 38

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