lovor

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin laurus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lôʋoːr/
  • Hyphenation: lo‧vor

Noun

lȍvōr m (Cyrillic spelling ло̏во̄р)

  1. laurel

Declension

References

  • lovor” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Tavringer Romani lover, loviar (money), from Romani lowo (coin). Related to Sanskrit लोहवर (lohavara, gold).

Noun

lovor c pl

  1. (slang) money
    • 1978, Kal P. Dal (lyrics and music), “Houndans kvinna”, in Gräd Ente Fassan![1]:
      Hon lånar ut lovor men hon har inget bankkontor.
      She lends money but has no bank office.
    • 2015, Max Wiman, “En välkammad presskonferens [A well-groomed press conference]”, in Sydsvenskan [2]:
      ”Det är väl fantastiskt. Det hade jag också gjort om jag haft hans lovor”, sa Markus Rosenberg.
      ”It’s wonderful, isn’t it? I would have done the same if I had his money”, Markus Rosenberg said.

References

  • Gerd Carling (2005) “lovor”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 89