Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شهر (şehir), from Persian شهر (šahr). Akin to Шехе́рија, шехѐрли.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃêxer/
  • Hyphenation: ше‧хер

Noun

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ше̏хер m (Latin spelling šȅher)

  1. (regional) city
  2. (regional) town
  3. (regional) borough

Declension

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Synonyms

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References

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  • шехер” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 583