bojnik

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

boj +‎ -nik. Military sense has been coined by Croatian linguist Bogoslav Šulek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bôːjniːk/
  • Hyphenation: boj‧nik

Noun

bȏjnīk m anim (Cyrillic spelling бо̑јнӣк)

  1. (military, Croatia) major
  2. (archaic) warrior, soldier, duelist

Declension

Declension of bojnik
singular plural
nominative bȏjnīk bȏjnīci
genitive bojnika bojnika
dative bojniku bojnicima
accusative bojnika bojnike
vocative bȏjnīče bojnici
locative bojniku bojnicima
instrumental bojnikom bojnicima

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:bojnik.

Synonyms

  • (major, Bosnian, Serbian): major
  • (major, Serbian): tisućnik (obsolete)

Descendants

  • Hungarian: bajnok
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