dușman

See also: düşman, dušman, and duşman

Romanian

Alternative forms

• душман (dușman) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Kipchak [Term?]. Later reinforced by Ottoman Turkish دشمن (düşmen) (Turkish düşman), ultimately from Classical Persian دُشْمَن (dušman).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duʃˈman/

• Audio (male voice):

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• Rhymes: -an
• Hyphenation: duș‧man

Noun

dușman m (plural dușmani, feminine equivalent dușmană or dușmancă)

1. enemy

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	dușman	dușmanul		dușmani	dușmanii
genitive-dative	dușman	dușmanului		dușmani	dușmanilor
vocative	dușmanule			dușmanilor

Further reading

• “dușman”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026