kolodvor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

kolo +‎ dvor. Originally a Slovene word, first attested in 1843 in Janez Bleiweis' journal Kmetijske in rokodelske novice. Started becoming common in Croatia in the 1860s.

Željeznički kolodvor u Rijeci.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kôlodʋoːr/
• Hyphenation: ko‧lod‧vor

Noun

kȍlodvōr m (Cyrillic spelling ко̏лодво̄р)

1. (Croatia) railroad station or bus station

   Synonym: stanica

   • 1862, Royal Croatian–Slavonian–Dalmatian Sabor, “Članak CVII. O skupljanju starinah za jugoslavensku akademiju.”, in Spisi saborski Sabora Kraljevinah Dalmacije, Hrvatske i Slavonije‎^[1]:

     Povodom tim , što se kod gradjenja željezničkoga kolodvora u Sisku mnoge starine izkapaju i raznose , pozvala županija zagrebačka : da shodna sredstva poprimi, da se starine u Sisku izkopane i nadjene sačuvaju i pribave za narodni muzej trojedne kraljevine dalm . hrvats. slavonske.

     Due to the fact that during the construction of the railway station in Sisak, many antiquities are excavated and blown up, the County of Zagreb called: to take appropriate funds, to preserve the antiquities dug up and found in Sisak and acquire them for the national museum of the triune Croatian-Slavonian-Dalmatian kingdom.

Declension

Declension of kolodvor

	singular	plural
nominative	kolodvor	kolodvori
genitive	kolodvora	kolodvora
dative	kolodvoru	kolodvorima
accusative	kolodvor	kolodvore
vocative	kolodvore	kolodvori
locative	kolodvoru	kolodvorima
instrumental	kolodvorom	kolodvorima

Further reading

• “kolodvor” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Mariborski kolodvor, 1847.

Etymology

kolo +‎ dvor. First attested in 1843 in Janez Bleiweis' journal Kmetijske in rokodelske novice.

Noun

kȍlodvōr m inan

1. railroad station or bus station

   Synonym: postaja

   • 1843, Janez Bleiweis, “Urno, kaj je noviga?”, in Kmetijske in rokodelske novice‎^[2], number 1:

     Kolodvor perviga réda fe pa titi veliki dvor s mnogoverftnimi pohifhtvi imenuje , kjer ne famo vosovlaki oftajajo , blago odloshujejo in naloshujejo , ampak kjer fe tudi rasne mafhine , vosóvi in vfe druge rezhi isdelujejo , kterih je sa shelesno zefto potréba.

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Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	kȍlodvōr
gen. sing.	kȍlodvōra
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kȍlodvōr	kȍlodvōra	kȍlodvōri
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kȍlodvōra	kȍlodvōrov	kȍlodvōrov
dative (dajȃlnik)	kȍlodvōru	kȍlodvōroma	kȍlodvōrom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kȍlodvōr	kȍlodvōra	kȍlodvōre
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kȍlodvōru	kȍlodvōrih	kȍlodvōrih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kȍlodvōrom	kȍlodvōroma	kȍlodvōri

Further reading

• “kolodvor”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “kolodvor”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references