севди

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سودی (sevdi), third-person singular past definite indicative of سومك (sevmek) (Turkish sevmek (“to love”)), used as a participle in Serbo-Croatian. Akin to севда̀лӣнка, севда̀лија, севда̀лук, сѐвда̄х, сѐвдисати.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sěʋdi/
• Hyphenation: сев‧ди

Adjective

сѐвди m (Latin spelling sèvdi) (indeclinable)

1. (regional) beloved
2. (regional) in love

References

• Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 562