meneviš

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish منوشه (menevşe), from Persian بنفشه (banafše); compare Turkish menekşe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meneʋiʃ/
• Hyphenation: me‧ne‧viš

Adjective

meneviš (Cyrillic spelling меневиш)

1. (rare, regional) the color of the violet flower, violet, blue-violet
   • a. 1823, “Banović Strainja”, in Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, editor, Narodne srpske pjesme‎^[1], volume 2, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, published 1823, page 124:

     Оћу њима руо пром’јенити,
     А у Турско руо облачити:
     Око главе бијеле кауке,
     А на плећи зелене доламе,
     А на ноге меневиш чакшире,
     О појасу сабље пламените;

     Oću njima ruo prom’jeniti,
     A u Tursko ruo oblačiti:
     Oko glave bijele kauke,
     A na pleći zelene dolame,
     A na noge meneviš čakšire,
     O pojasu sablje plamenite;

     I want to change their apparel,
     and in Turkish apparel dress them:
     around their heads white caouks,
     and on their shoulders green dolmans,
     and on their legs violet baggy breeches,
     in their belts fiery sabers;

Declension

Indeclinable.

Alternative forms

• menevli
• menefiš
• meleviš

References

• Pero Budmani, Tomislav Maretić, editor (1904-1910), “meneviš”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[2] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 6, Zagreb: JAZU, page 601