vajda

See also: Vajda and väjda

Hungarian

Etymology

From a Slavic language, perhaps from Russian, compare Old Russian воево́да (vojevóda, commander of an army), Serbo-Croatian vojvoda (duke), Polish wojewoda (general, governor). Ultimately, from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda, from Proto-Slavic *vojь (army) + *voditi (to lead).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɒjdɒ]
  • Hyphenation: vaj‧da
  • Rhymes: -dɒ

Noun

vajda (plural vajdák)

  1. voivode, vaivode

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Possessive forms of vajda
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. vajdám vajdáim
2nd person sing. vajdád vajdáid
3rd person sing. vajdája vajdái
1st person plural vajdánk vajdáink
2nd person plural vajdátok vajdáitok
3rd person plural vajdájuk vajdáik

Derived terms

  • vajdaság

Further reading

  • vajda in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋǎjda/
  • Hyphenation: vaj‧da

Noun

vàjda f (Cyrillic spelling ва̀јда)

  1. Alternative form of fàjda

Declension

References

  • vajda” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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