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zumbul

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See also: zümbül

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish سنبل (sümbül), from Persian سنبل (sonbol). First attested in the 19th century.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /zǔmbul/
  • Hyphenation: zum‧bul

Noun

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zùmbul m inan (Cyrillic spelling зу̀мбул)

  1. hyacinth
  2. (slang, vulgar) idiot
  3. (slang, vulgar) faggot
  4. (slang) female genitalia

Declension

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Declension of zumbul
singular plural
nominative zumbul zumbuli
genitive zumbula zumbula
dative zumbulu zumbulima
accusative zumbul zumbule
vocative zumbule zumbuli
locative zumbulu zumbulima
instrumental zumbulom zumbulima

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk (2021), “zùmbul”, in Matasović, Ranko, editor, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume II: O – Ž, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 610

Further reading

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  • Sabljak, Tomislav (2013), “zumbul”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga žargona [Dictionary of Croatian Jargon] (in Serbo-Croatian), 3rd edition, Zagreb: Profil, →ISBN, page 494
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