sihirbaz

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• sihrobaz, sirbaz

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سحرباز‎ (sihirbaz), from Arabic سِحْر‎ (siḥr) + Persian باز‎ (bâz).

Noun

sihirbaz m (Cyrillic spelling сихирбаз, feminine sihirbazica)

1. (Bosnia) magician
   • 1966, Meša Selimović, Derviš i smrt:

     Pa se nasmijao i veselo mi gledajući u oci, rekao bez okolišenja: - Priznaj da nisi to htio da pitaš. - Pogađaš tuđe misli, kao sihirbaz.

     And he laughed and cheerfully looking into my eyes said bluntly: - Admit that this is not what you wanted to ask. - You read thoughts like a magician

   Synonym: čaròbnjāk

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سحرباز‎, from Arabic سِحْر‎ (siḥr) + Persian باز‎ (bâz).

Noun

sihirbaz (definite accusative sihirbazı, plural sihirbazlar)

1. magician (practitioner of allegedly supernatural magic)
2. wizard
3. illusionist

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	sihirbaz
Definite accusative	sihirbazı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sihirbaz	sihirbazlar
Definite accusative	sihirbazı	sihirbazları
Dative	sihirbaza	sihirbazlara
Locative	sihirbazda	sihirbazlarda
Ablative	sihirbazdan	sihirbazlardan
Genitive	sihirbazın	sihirbazların
Possessive forms Singular Plural 1st singular sihirbazım sihirbazlarım 2nd singular sihirbazın sihirbazların 3rd singular sihirbazı sihirbazları 1st plural sihirbazımız sihirbazlarımız 2nd plural sihirbazınız sihirbazlarınız 3rd plural sihirbazları sihirbazları

Synonyms

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