bojnik

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bȏjnīk m anim (Cyrillic spelling бо̑јнӣк)

1. (military, Croatia) major

   Synonyms: major (Bosnia, Serbia), tisućnik (Serbia, obsolete)

2. (archaic) warrior, soldier, duelist

Declension

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

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:bojnik.

Descendants

• Hungarian: bajnok