sevdi

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سودی (sevdi), third-person singular past definite indicative of سومك (sevmek) (Turkish sevmek (“to love”)), used as a participle in Serbo-Croatian. Akin to sevdàlīnka, sevdàlija, sevdàluk, sèvdāh, sèvdisati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sěʋdi/
• Hyphenation: sev‧di

Adjective

sèvdi m (Cyrillic spelling сѐвди) (indeclinable)

1. (regional) beloved
2. (regional) in love

References

• Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 562