tjedan

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

tjeden, tijeden, teden (Kajkavian)
tajedan (Burgenland Croatian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tъdьnь, which means "the same day" (after 7 days). More at Proto-Slavic *tъdьnь.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tjêdan/
- IPA^(key): /tjêan/ (Zagreb)
Hyphenation: tje‧dan

Noun

tjȅdan m inan (Cyrillic spelling тје̏дан)

(usually Croatia) week (period of seven days)

Declension

Declension of *tjedan*
	singular	plural
nominative	tjedan	tjedni
genitive	tjedna	tjedana
dative	tjednu	tjednima
accusative	tjedan	tjedne
vocative	tjedne	tjedni
locative	tjednu	tjednima
instrumental	tjednom	tjednima

Synonyms

nèdelja / nèdjelja / nèđelja (Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro)
sèdmica (Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro)
hèfta (Bosnia)

Derived terms

tjȅdnī (“weekly”)
tjȅdnīk (“weekly newspaper”)

Further reading

“tjedan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Josip Jedvaj, editor (1962–1966), “tjedan, tjȅdan, tjȅdna”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 18, Zagreb: JAZU, page 362
Josip Jedvaj, editor (1962–1966), “tajdan i tajdanački”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[2] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 18, Zagreb: JAZU, page 8
Skok, Petar (1973) “taj 1”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 3 (poni² – Ž), Zagreb: JAZU, page 431