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ahoj

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Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English ahoy.

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈɦoj/
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Interjection

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ahoj

  1. hello, hi (informal greeting said when meeting someone)
    Synonyms: čau, čus
  2. bye (informal farewell)
    Synonyms: čau, čus

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Further reading

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Polish

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Etymology

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Internationalism; compare English ahoy. First attested in 1925.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈxɔj/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔj
  • Syllabification: a‧hoj

Interjection

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ahoj

  1. (nautical) ahoy! (sailor's greeting)
    Ahoj, przygodo![2]Ahoy, adventure!

References

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  1. ^ Jack London (1925), Wilk morski = (The sea wolf). T. 1[1], page 45
  2. ^ Pęzik, Piotr; Przepiórkowski, A.; Bańko, M.; Górski, R.; Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B (2012), Wyszukiwarka PELCRA dla danych NKJP. Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego [National Polish Language Corpus, PELCRA search engine]‎[2], Wydawnictwo PWN

Further reading

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  • ahoj”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ahoj”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[4] (in Polish)

Slovak

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from English ahoy.

    Pronunciation

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    ahoj

    1. hello, hi
      Synonyms: servus, čao, čau
    2. bye

    Further reading

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    • ahoj”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

    Slovene

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    Pronunciation

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    ahọ̑j

    1. hey
      Ahoj, kje ste?
      Hey, where are you?