šeher

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شهر (şehir), from Persian شهر (šahr). Akin to Šehérija, šehèrli.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʃêxer/
  • Hyphenation: še‧her

Noun[edit]

šȅher m (Cyrillic spelling ше̏хер)

  1. (regional) city
  2. (regional) town
  3. (regional) borough

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References[edit]

  • šeher” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 583