Kosovan

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English Kosovo

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Latin -nus

Latin -ānus

Old French -ainder.

Middle English -an

English -an

English Kosovan

From Kosovo + -an.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒsəvən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

Kosovan (comparative more Kosovan, superlative most Kosovan)

1. From, of, or pertaining to Kosovo or its people, culture or language.

Synonyms

• Kosovar

Translations

related to Kosovo

• Afrikaans: Kosovaars
• Albanian: kosovar (sq)
• Belarusian: ко́саўскі (kósawski)
• Bengali: কসোভীয় (bn) (kôśobhiẏô)
• Bulgarian: ко́совски (kósovski)
• Czech: kosovský (cs)
• Danish: kosovoalbansk, kosovansk
• Dutch: Kosovaars (nl)
• Finnish: kosovolainen (fi)
• French: kosovar (fr), kossovien
• German: kosovarisch (de)
• Greek: κοσοβάρικος (kosovárikos)
• Hungarian: koszovói (hu)
• Icelandic: kósovóskur (is)
• Latvian: kosovisks
• Macedonian: косовски (kosovski)
• Polish: kosowski (pl)
• Portuguese: kosovar
• Romanian: kosovar
• Russian: ко́совский (ru) (kósovskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ко̏совскӣ

  Latin: kȍsovskī (sh)

• Spanish: kosovar (es)
• Swedish: kosovansk (sv), kosovarisk
• Turkish: Kosova (tr)
• Ukrainian: ко́совський (kósovsʹkyj)

Noun

Kosovan (plural Kosovans)

1. A native or inhabitant of Kosovo.

Synonyms

• Kosovar

Translations

person from Kosovo

• Afrikaans: Kosovaar
• Albanian: kosovar (sq) m, kosovare (sq) f
• Bengali: কসোভীয় (bn) (kôśobhiẏô)
• Czech: Kosovan (cs)
• Danish: kosovoalbaner c, kosovar c
• Dutch: Kosovaar (nl) m, Kosovaarse (nl) f
• Finnish: kosovolainen (fi)
• French: Kosovar (fr) m, Kosovare (fr) f, Kossovien m, Kossovienne f
• German: Kosovare (de) m, Kosovarin (de) f
• Greek: Κοσοβάρος m (Kosováros), Κοσοβάρα f (Kosovára)
• Icelandic: Kósovói
• Italian: kosovaro, cossovaro
• Macedonian: Косовец m (Kosovec), Косовка f (Kosovka)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kosover m

  Nynorsk: kosovar m

• Polish: Kosowianin (pl) m, Kosowianka (pl) f
• Portuguese: kosovar m or f
• Romanian: kosovar m, kosovară f
• Romansh: cosovar m, cosovara f
• Russian: ко́совец m (kósovec), жи́тель Ко́сово m (žítelʹ Kósovo), жи́тельница Ко́сово f (žítelʹnica Kósovo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Косовар m, Косоварка f

  Latin: Kosovar m, Kosovarka f

• Slovak: Kosovčan m, Kosovčanka f
• Spanish: kosovar (es)
• Swedish: kosovan (sv) c (male), kosovanska (sv) c (female)
• Turkish: Kosovalı
• Ukrainian: косова́р m (kosovár), косова́рка f (kosovárka)
• Uzbek: kosovalik

Czech

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Czech Kosovo

Proto-Slavic *-janъ

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Slavic *-inъ

Proto-Slavic *-janinъ

Old Czech -ěnín

Czech -an

Czech Kosovan

From Kosovo + -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkosovan]

Noun

Kosovan m anim

1. Kosovan (person)

Declension

Declension of Kosovan (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Kosovan	Kosované, Kosovani
genitive	Kosovana	Kosovanů
dative	Kosovanovi, Kosovanu	Kosovanům
accusative	Kosovana	Kosovany
vocative	Kosovane	Kosované, Kosovani
locative	Kosovanovi, Kosovanu	Kosovanech
instrumental	Kosovanem	Kosovany

Related terms

• Kosovo

Further reading

• “Kosovan”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)