vajon

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɒjon]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: va‧jon
  • Rhymes: -on

Etymology 1

Perhaps formerly vallyon (“let it be”), cognate of való (“being”).

Alternative forms

  • vajjon (archaic)

Adverb

vajon (not comparable)

  1. wondering
    Vajon esik-e holnap az eső? ― I wonder if it will rain tomorrow.
    Vajon ki ez? ― I wonder who this is.

Etymology 2

vaj +‎ -on

Noun

vajon

  1. superessive singular of vaj
    A hagymát felvágjuk és a vajon pirítani kezdjük. ― Cut the onion and sauté it in butter. (literally, “on [the] butter”)

Further reading

  • vajon in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
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