bojnik

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

boj +‎ -nik. Military sense has been coined by Croatian linguist Bogoslav Šulek.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /bôːjniːk/
Hyphenation: boj‧nik

Noun[edit]

bȏjnīk m (Cyrillic spelling бо̑јнӣк)

(military, Croatia) major
(archaic) warrior, soldier, duelist

Declension[edit]

Declension of bojnik

	singular	plural
nominative	bȏjnīk	bȏjnīci
genitive	bojnika	bojnika
dative	bojniku	bojnicima
accusative	bojnika	bojnike
vocative	bȏjnīče	bojnici
locative	bojniku	bojnicima
instrumental	bojnikom	bojnicima

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bojnik.

Synonyms[edit]

(major, Bosnian, Serbian): major
(major, Serbian): tisućnik (obsolete)

Descendants[edit]

Hungarian: bajnok

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