dušman

See also: düşman, duşman, and dușman

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• dȕšmanin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دشمن (düşman), from Persian دشمن (došman). Akin to dušmànluk and dȋn-dȕšman.

Pronunciation

• (dùšman): IPA^(key): /dûʃman/
• (dùšmān): IPA^(key): /dǔʃmaːn/
• Hyphenation: duš‧man

Noun

dȕšman m (Cyrillic spelling ду̏шман) or dùšmān m (Cyrillic spelling ду̀шма̄н)

1. (expressively) enemy
   • 2012, Cherkezi United, Smugljanka:

     Bježao sam pred dušmanom,
     Napustivši rodni grad.

     I fled before the enemy,
     Leaving behind my native city.

   • 1993, Bajaga i Instruktori (lyrics and music), “Ovo je Balkan”, in Bajaga i Instruktori (lyrics), Muzika na struju‎^[1], performed by Bajaga i Instruktori, Produkcija Stig:

     Tu svako može biti
     Dušman i brat
     Svakih pedeset leta izbija rat.

     Here anyone can be
     Enemy and brother
     Every fifty years erupts the war.

Declension

Declension of dušman

	singular	plural
nominative	dušman	dušmani
genitive	dušmana	dušmana
dative	dušmanu	dušmanima
accusative	dušmana	dušmane
vocative	dušmane	dušmani
locative	dušmanu	dušmanima
instrumental	dušmanom	dušmanima

Synonyms

• nèprijatelj

References

• “dušman”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• Škaljić, Abdulah (1966) Turcizmi u srpskohrvatskom jeziku, Sarajevo: Svjetlost, page 229