četnik

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See also: četník

English

Noun

četnik

Alternative spelling of chetnik

Anagrams

nektic

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From četa (“troop/crew”) +‎ -nik.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ʃêtniːk/
Hyphenation: čet‧nik

Noun

čȅtnīk m (Cyrillic spelling че̏тнӣк)

(historical) chetnik (a member of a Serbian royalist army band or movement)
(colloquial, Croatia, Bosnia, derogatory) a Serbian far-right sympathizer (nationalist, chauvinist or fascist)
(by extension, Croatia, Bosnia, derogatory, ethnic slur) a Serb or a person of Serbian descent

Declension

Declension of četnik

	singular	plural
nominative	četnik	četnici
genitive	četnika	četnika
dative	četniku	četnicima
accusative	četnika	četnike
vocative	četniče	četnici
locative	četniku	četnicima
instrumental	četniku	četnicima

Further reading

“četnik” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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