jorgovan

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• jargòvān, jergòvān, jardžèvān (regional, dialectal)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ارغوان (ergavan, erguvan), from Persian ارغوان (arġavân, arġuvân, “purple; Judas tree”), from Akkadian 𒅈𒂵𒌋𒌋𒉡 (argamannu). Doublet of adžùvān. First attested in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jôrɡoʋaːn/, /jorɡǒʋaːn/
• Hyphenation: jor‧go‧van

Noun

jȍrgovān or jorgòvān m inan (Cyrillic spelling јо̏ргова̄н or јорго̀ва̄н)

1. lilac (Syringa vulgaris)

Declension

Declension of jorgovan

	singular	plural
nominative	jorgovan	jorgovani
genitive	jorgovana	jorgovana
dative	jorgovanu	jorgovanima
accusative	jorgovan	jorgovane
vocative	jorgovane	jorgovani
locative	jorgovanu	jorgovanima
instrumental	jorgovanom	jorgovanima

Derived terms

• jorgovánī

References

• Škaljić, Abdulah (1966), Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost
• “jorgovan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
• “jorgovan”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика [Rečnik srpskohrvatskoga književnog jezika, Dictionary of the Serbo-Croatian Literary Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање [Second Phototype Edition], volume 2, Novi Sad; Zagreb: Matica srpska; Matica hrvatska, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 606
• Skok, Petar (1972), “jorgovan”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (K – poni¹), Zagreb: JAZU, page 783