zahod

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zaxodъ. Compare Polish zachód, Slovene zahod.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zǎxod/
• Hyphenation: za‧hod

Noun

zàhod m inan (Cyrillic spelling за̀ход)

1. sunset
2. (Kajkavian, Chakavian or archaic) west
   • 1891, recorded by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Srpske narodne pjesme:

     ...Jeli jasan mesec na zaodu, / Jel’ danica na istoku zvezda;...

     ...whether the bright moon is in the west, / whether the morning star is in the east;...

Declension

Declension of zahod

	singular	plural
nominative	zahod	zahodi
genitive	zahoda	zahoda
dative	zahodu	zahodima
accusative	zahod	zahode
vocative	zahode	zahodi
locative	zahodu	zahodima
instrumental	zahodom	zahodima

Coordinate terms

N	NW	W	SW	S	SE	E	NE
sjever	sjeverozapad	zapad	jugozapad	jug	jugoistok	istok	sjeveroistok
sever	severozapad	zahod				ishod
śever

Further reading

• “zahod”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zǎːxod/
• Hyphenation: za‧hod

Noun

záhod m inan (Cyrillic spelling за́ход)

1. toilet

   Synonyms: nužnik, klozet

Declension

Declension of zahod

	singular	plural
nominative	zahod	zahodi
genitive	zahoda	zahoda
dative	zahodu	zahodima
accusative	zahod	zahode
vocative	zahode	zahodi
locative	zahodu	zahodima
instrumental	zahodom	zahodima

Further reading

• “zahod”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

Compare Polish zachód (“set; west”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaxɔ́t/

Noun

zahȍd m inan

1. set (referring to a celestial body, such as in sunset)
2. west

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	zahòd
genitive	zahóda
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	zahòd
genitive (rodȋlnik)	zahóda
dative (dajȃlnik)	zahódu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	zahòd
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	zahódu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	zahódom

Derived terms

• zahọ̑den

Further reading

• “zahod”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “zahod”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references