Serbian

See also: serbian

English

Etymology

From Serb +‎ -ian or Serbia +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɜː(ɹ)biːən/

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Adjective

Serbian (comparative more Serbian, superlative most Serbian)

1. Of or pertaining to Serbia, the Serbian people or their language.
   • 2015 February 3, Greg Botelho, “U.N. court: Serbs’ actions in Croatia not considered genocide”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Tuesday’s ICJ ruling relates specifically to what Serbian forces did in Croatia between 1991 and 1995.

Derived terms

• Serbian spruce

Noun

Serbian (countable and uncountable, plural Serbians)

1. (countable) A native or inhabitant of Serbia.
   • 2015 February 3, Greg Botelho, “U.N. court: Serbs’ actions in Croatia not considered genocide”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     The violence began when Serbian troops went into Croatia ostensibly to aid armed ethnic Serbians trying to create their own autonomous states there.

2. (countable) A Serb.
4. (uncountable) The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs.
5. (historical) Serbo-Croatian in general, as spoken in Serbia.

Usage notes

A distinction is often made between Serbian (“a person from Serbia”) and Serb (“a person of Serb ethnicity not necessarily from Serbia”).

Derived terms

• Serb
• Serbianness

Translations

person from Serbia — see also Serb

• Afrikaans: Serwiër
• Albanian: serb (sq) m, serbe f
• Arabic: صِرْبِيّ m (ṣirbiyy), صِرْبِيَّة f (ṣirbiyya)
• Armenian: սերբ (hy) (serb)
• Aromanian: sãrbu m, sãrbã f
• Azerbaijani: serb
• Basque: serbiar
• Belarusian: серб m (sjerb), се́рбка f (sjérbka), сэрб m (serb), сэ́рбка f (sérbka) (Taraškievica)
• Bulgarian: съ́рбин (bg) m (sǎ́rbin), сръбки́ня f (srǎbkínja)
• Catalan: serbi (ca) m, sèrbia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塞爾維亞人 / 塞尔维亚人 (zh) (sài'ěrwéiyàrén)

• Czech: Srb (cs) m, Srbka (cs) f
• Danish: serber c
• Dutch: Serviër (nl) m, Servische (nl) f
• Esperanto: serbo (1), serbiano (2)
• Estonian: serblane
• Faroese: serbi m
• Finnish: serbialainen (fi)
• French: Serbe (fr) m or f
• Galician: serbio (gl) m, serbia f
• Georgian: სერბი (serbi)
• German: Serbe (de) m, Serbin (de) f
• Greek: Σέρβος (el) m (Sérvos), Σέρβα (el) f (Sérva)
• Hebrew: סרבי m (servi), סרבית f (servít)
• Hindi: सर्ब (sarb)
• Hungarian: szerb (hu)
• Icelandic: Serbi m
• Interlingua: serbo
• Irish: Seirbiach m
• Italian: serbo (it) m, serba (it) f
• Japanese: セルビア人 (ja) (セルビアじん, serubiajin)
• Kazakh: серб (serb)
• Korean: 세르비아인 (sereubiain), 세르비아 사람 (sereubia saram)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: سربی (sirbî)

  Northern Kurdish: serbî (ku)

• Kyrgyz: серб (serb)
• Latvian: serbs m, serbiete f
• Lithuanian: serbas (lt) m, serbė (lt) f
• Macedonian: Србин m (Srbin), Србинка f (Srbinka)
• Manx: Serbagh m
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: серб (serb)

  Mongolian: ᠰᠡᠷᠪᠢ (serbi)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: serber m

  Nynorsk: serbar (nn) m

• Pannonian Rusyn: Серб m (Serb), Сербкиня f (Serbkinja)
• Persian: صربی (serbi), صربستانی (fa) (serbestâni)
• Polish: Serb (pl) m, Serbka (pl) f
• Portuguese: sérvio (pt) m
• Romanian: sârb (ro) m, sârbă (ro) f, sârboaică (ro) f
• Russian: серб (ru) m (serb), се́рбка (ru) f (sérbka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ср̏бин m, Ср̏пкиња f

  Roman: Sȑbin (sh) m, Sȑpkinja f

• Sicilian: serbu (scn) m, serba f
• Slovak: Srb m, Srbka f
• Slovene: Sŕb (sl) m, Sŕbkinja f
• Spanish: serbio (es) m, serbia (es) f, servio (es) (rare)
• Swedish: serb (sv) c, serbiska (sv) c (female)
• Tagalog: Serbyo
• Turkish: Sırp (tr), Sırbistanlı
• Turkmen: serb
• Ukrainian: серб m (serb), се́рбка f (sérbka), се́рбин m (sérbyn)
• Urdu: سَرْوِیائی (sarviyā'ī)
• Uyghur: سېرب (sërb)
• Uzbek: serb (uz)
• Vietnamese: người Xéc-bi

Serb — see Serb

the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian

• Afrikaans: Serwies (af)
• Albanian: gjuha serbe f, serbisht (sq)
• Arabic: الصِرْبِيَّة f (aṣ-ṣirbiyya)
• Armenian: սերբերեն (serberen)
• Aromanian: limba sãrbeascã f, limba sãrgheascã f
• Asturian: serbu m
• Basque: serbiera (eu)
• Belarusian: се́рбская мо́ва f (sjérbskaja móva), се́рбская f (sjérbskaja), сэ́рбская мо́ва f (sérbskaja móva), сэ́рбская f (sérbskaja)
• Bulgarian: сръбски m (srǎbski)
• Catalan: serbi (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塞爾維亞語 / 塞尔维亚语 (zh) (Sāi'ěrwéiyàyǔ)

• Czech: srbština f
• Danish: serbisk (da)
• Dutch: Servisch (nl) n
• Dzongkha: སོདབ་ཁ (sodb kha)
• Esperanto: serba lingvo
• Estonian: serbia keel
• Faroese: serbiskt (fo) n
• Finnish: serbia (fi), serbian kieli
• French: serbe (fr) m
• Georgian: სერბული (serbuli)
• German: Serbisch (de) n
• Greek: σερβικά (el) (serviká)
• Hebrew: סרבית f (serbít)
• Hindi: सर्बी (sarbī), सर्बियाई (sarbiyāī), सर्बियन (sarbiyan)
• Hungarian: szerb (hu)
• Icelandic: serbneska (is) f
• Interlingua: serbo
• Irish: Seirbis f
• Italian: serbo (it)
• Japanese: セルビア語 (ja) (セルビアご, serubiago)
• Korean: 세르비아어 (ko) (sereubia'eo)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: سربی (sirbî)

  Northern Kurdish: serbî (ku)

• Latvian: serbu
• Lithuanian: serbų kalba (lt) f
• Macedonian: српски m (srpski)
• Malay: bahasa Serbia, Serbia (ms)
• Manx: Serbish f
• Navajo: Séwib bizaad
• Nepali: सर्बियाली (sarbiyālī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: serbisk (no) m

  Nynorsk: serbisk (nn) m

• Persian: صربی (sarbi)
• Polish: serbski (pl) m
• Portuguese: sérvio (pt) m
• Romanian: sârbă (ro) f
• Russian: се́рбский (ru) m (sérbskij), се́рбский язы́к m (sérbskij jazýk)
• Scots: Serbie
• Scottish Gaelic: Sèarbais f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ср̏пскӣ m

  Roman: sȑpskī (sh) m

• Sicilian: serbu (scn) m
• Sindhi: سَربِي (sarbī)
• Slovak: srbčina (sk) f
• Slovene: sŕbščina (sl) f
• Spanish: serbio (es) m, servio (es) (rare)
• Swahili: kiserbia
• Swedish: serbiska (sv)
• Tagalog: Serbyo, Serbian
• Thai: ภาษาเซอร์เบียน
• Tigrinya: ሰርቢኛ (särbiña)
• Turkish: Sırpça (tr)
• Turkmen:

  Cyrillic: сербче

  Roman: serbçe

• Ukrainian: се́рбська мо́ва f (sérbsʹka móva), се́рбська (uk) f (sérbsʹka)
• Urdu: صربی (sarbī)
• Uyghur: سېرپچە (sërpche)
• Uzbek:

  Cyrillic: сербча (serbcha)

  Roman: serbça

• Vietnamese: tiếng Xéc-bi
• Volapük: Särbänapük
• Welsh: Serbeg (cy)
• West Frisian: Servysk (fy) n
• Xhosa: isi-Serbia
• Yiddish: סערביש (serbish)
• Zulu: isi-Sebhiya

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Amharic: ^{(please verify)} ሰርቢኛ (särbiña)
• Breton: ^{(please verify)} serbeg (br)
• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} сърбин (bg) m (sǎrbin), ^{(please verify)} сръбкиня f (srǎbkinja)
• Galician: ^{(please verify)} serbio (gl)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} bahasa Serbia
• Kyrgyz: ^{(please verify)} сербче (ky) (serbce)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} service
• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} serbų (lt)
• Malagasy: ^{(please verify)} serba (mg)
• Maltese: ^{(please verify)} Serb
• Mongolian: ^{(please verify)} серби (serbi)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} sârbă (ro)
• Somali: ^{(please verify)} seerbiyaan
• Tajik:

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} серби (serb-i)

  Perso-Arabic: ^{(please verify)} سیربی

• Tamil: ^{(please verify)} சேர்பியன (cērpiyaṉa)
• Tigrinya: ^{(please verify)} ሰርቢኛ (särbiña)
• Welsh: ^{(please verify)} Serbeg (cy)

Adjective

Serbian (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Serbia and Serbians.
   • 2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman‎^[3]:

     In a raucous atmosphere, it was an unforgiving and physical contest from the start. Grant Hanley conceded the first free-kick within the opening 20 seconds, setting the tone for a busy and thankless evening for Serbian referee Milorad Mazic.

2. Of or pertaining to Serbian language.

Derived terms

• Serbianization
• Serbianize
• Serbianness
• Serbian Orthodox Church
• Serbian salad

Related terms

• Serbia
• Serbo-Croatian

Translations

pertaining to Serbia and Serbians

• Afrikaans: Serwies (af)
• Albanian: serb (sq)
• Arabic: صِرْبِيّ (ṣirbiyy)
• Armenian: սերբական (hy) (serbakan)
• Asturian: serbiu (ast)
• Azerbaijani: serb
• Basque: serbiar
• Belarusian: се́рбскі (sjérbski), сэ́рбскі (sérbski)
• Bengali: সার্বীয় (bn) (śarbiẏo)
• Bulgarian: сръ́бски (srǎ́bski)
• Burmese: ဆားဘီးယား (hca:bhi:ya:)
• Carpathian Rusyn: се́рьбскый (sérʹbskŷj)
• Catalan: serbi (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塞爾維亞的 / 塞尔维亚的 (zh) (Sāi'ěrwéiyà de)

• Czech: srbský (cs)
• Danish: serbisk (da)
• Dutch: Servisch (nl)
• Esperanto: serbia
• Estonian: serbia
• Faroese: serbiskur
• Finnish: serbialainen (fi)
• French: serbe (fr)
• Galician: serbio (gl)
• Georgian: სერბული (serbuli)
• German: serbisch (de)
• Greek: σερβικός (el) (servikós)
• Hebrew: סרבי (servi)
• Hindi: सर्बियाई (sarbiyāī)
• Hungarian: szerb (hu)
• Icelandic: serbneskur (is)
• Interlingua: serbe
• Irish: Seirbiach
• Italian: serbo (it)
• Japanese: セルビアの (ja) (Serubia no)
• Kazakh: сербтік (serbtık)
• Khmer: ស៊ឺបៀ (sɨɨbiə), ស៊េប៊ី (seibii)
• Korean: 세르비아의 (ko) (sereubiaui)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: sirbî (ku)

• Kyrgyz: серб (serb)
• Lao: ແຊກບີ (sǣk bī)
• Latvian: serbu, serbisks
• Lithuanian: serbiškas
• Macedonian: српски (srpski)
• Malay: Serbia (ms)
• Manx: Serbagh
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: серб (serb)

  Mongolian: ᠰᠡᠷᠪᠢ (serbi)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: serbisk (no)

  Nynorsk: serbisk (nn)

• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: срьбьскъ (srĭbĭskŭ)

• Pannonian Rusyn: сербски (serbski)
• Pashto: صرب (serb)
• Persian: صربی (serbi), صربستانی (fa) (serbestâni)
• Polish: serbski (pl)
• Portuguese: sérvio (pt)
• Romanian: sârb (ro), sârbesc (ro)
• Russian: се́рбский (ru) (sérbskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ср̏пскӣ, србѝја̄нскӣ

  Roman: sȑpskī (sh), srbìjānskī (sh)

• Slovak: srbský (sk)
• Slovene: sŕbski (sl)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: serbiski

  Upper Sorbian: serbiski (hsb)

• Spanish: serbio (es), servio (es) (rare)
• Swedish: serbisk (sv), serbiskt (sv), serbiska (sv)
• Tagalog: Serbyo, Serbian
• Tajik: сербӣ (tg) (serbi)
• Tatar: серб (serb)
• Thai: เซอร์เบีย (th) (səə-biia)
• Turkish: Sırp (tr)
• Turkmen: serb
• Ukrainian: се́рбський (sérbsʹkyj)
• Urdu: سربیائی (sarbiyā'ī)
• Uyghur: سېرب (sërb)
• Uzbek: serb (uz)
• Vietnamese: Xéc-bi
• Welsh: Serbaidd m or f, Serfiaidd m or f (outdated)
• Yiddish: סערביש (serbish)

pertaining to the Serbian language

• Afrikaans: Serwies (af)
• Armenian: սերբերեն (serberen)
• Asturian: serbu
• Basque: serbiar
• Catalan: serbi (ca)
• Danish: serbisk (da)
• Dutch: Servisch (nl)
• Esperanto: serblingva
• Estonian: serbiakeelne
• Faroese: serbiskur
• Finnish: serbiankielinen (fi)
• French: serbe (fr)
• German: serbisch (de)
• Interlingua: serbe
• Irish: Seirbise
• Italian: serbo (it)
• Malay: bahasa Serbia, Serbia (ms)
• Norwegian: serbisk (no)
• Persian: صربی (serbi)
• Polish: serbski (pl) m
• Portuguese: sérvio (pt)
• Romanian: sârb (ro), sârbesc (ro)
• Russian: се́рбский (ru) (sérbskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ср̏пскӣ

  Roman: sȑpskī (sh)

• Slovene: sŕbski (sl)
• Spanish: serbio (es) m, servio (es) m
• Swedish: serbisk (sv), serbiskt (sv), serbiska (sv)
• Tagalog: Serbyo, Serbian

See also

• Appendix:Alphabets#Serbian (Roman)
• Appendix:Alphabets#Serbian (Cyrillic)
• Serbian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Appendix:Serbian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Serbian

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code sr, ISO 639-3 code srp (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Serbian, srp ⁠

Anagrams

• inbears, Ben Sira, braines, bears in, brinase, barnies

Finnish

Proper noun

Serbian

1. genitive singular of Serbia