zdravo

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From zdrav ("healthy, sane, sound"). The greeting stems from the expression used to wish the interlocutor good health. Compare the semantics of French salut, Italian salve (etymologically), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (hails), and Russian здравствуйте (zdravstvujte) as greetings.

Cognate e.g. with Bulgarian здраво (zdravo) здрав (zdrav) Macedonian здраво (zdravo), Old Church Slavonic ⱄⱏⰴⱃⰰⰲⱏ (sŭdravŭ), Polish zdrowy, Old Novgorodian сторовъ (storovŭ), Russian здоро́вый (zdoróvyj), здра́вый (zdrávyj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zdrâʋo/
• Hyphenation: zdra‧vo

Adverb

zdrȁvo (Cyrillic spelling здра̏во)

1. healthily
2. soundly
3. sanely

Interjection

zdrȁvo (Cyrillic spelling здра̏во)

1. hello! hi! (greeting)
2. bye! farewell! (greeting)

Synonyms

• ćao

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zdráːʋɔ/

Adjective

zdrȃvo

1. neuter nominative singular of zdrav

Adverb

zdrȃvo

1. healthy

Interjection

zdrȃvo

1. hello, hi (greeting)