lovor
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lȍvōr m (Cyrillic spelling ло̏во̄р)
Declension edit
Declension of lovor
References edit
- “lovor” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Tavringer Romani lover, loviar (“money”), from Romani lowo (“coin”). Related to Sanskrit लोहवर (lohavara, “gold”).
Noun edit
lovor c pl
- (slang) money
- 1978, Kal P. Dal (lyrics and music), “Houndans kvinna”, in Gräd Ente Fassan![1]:
- Hon lånar ut lovor men hon har inget bankkontor.
- She lends money but has no bank office.
- 2015 October 20, Max Wiman, “En välkammad presskonferens [A well-groomed press conference]”, in Sydsvenskan[2], Malmö, Sweden:
- ”Det är väl fantastiskt. Det hade jag också gjort om jag haft hans lovor”, sa Markus Rosenberg.
- ”It’s wonderful, isn’t it? I would have done the same if I had his money”, Markus Rosenberg said.
References edit
- Gerd Carling (2005) “lovor”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 89