fildiš

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فیل دیشی (fildişi, literally “elephant tooth”). Akin to fȉl (“elephant”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fǐldiʃ/
  • Hyphenation: fil‧diš

Noun

fìldiš m (Cyrillic spelling фѝлдиш)

  1. (regional, uncountable) ivory
    Synonym: slònovača

Declension
Declension of fildiš
singular
nominative fildiš
genitive fildiša
dative fildišu
accusative fildiš
vocative fildišu
locative fildišu
instrumental fildišem

References
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 283
  • “fildiš”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 6, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967–1976, published 1990, page 669
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