desetnik

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

deset +‎ -nik, literally "one who leads a group of ten".

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /děsetniːk/
  • Hyphenation: de‧set‧nik

Noun[edit]

dèsetnīk m (Cyrillic spelling дѐсетнӣк)

  1. (military, army, Croatia) corporal
    Synonyms: (Serbia) desetar, (Bosnia) kaplar
  2. (military, navy, Croatia) petty officer second class
  3. (military, Ancient Rome) decurion

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • desetnik” in Hrvatski jezični portal