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Kajkavian

/kaɪˈkɑːviən/

Kajkavian proper noun: a South Slavic language or supradialect of Serbo-Croatian spoken in central Croatia.

kajkavian: a South Slavic language or supradialect of Serbo-Croatian spoken in central Croatia
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Proper noun

Kajkavian

  1. A South Slavic language or supradialect of Serbo-Croatian spoken in central Croatia.

Noun

Kajkavian (plural Kajkavians)

  1. A speaker of Kajkavian, or a native of northern Croatia.

Adjective

Kajkavian (comparative more Kajkavian, superlative most Kajkavian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Kajkavians or their language.

Forms of Kajkavian

Noun
pluralKajkavians
Adjective
comparativemore Kajkavian
superlativemost Kajkavian

Origin of Kajkavian

From Serbo-Croatian kajkavski, from the regional Serbo-Croatian interrogative pronoun kaj (“what”), which is used in that region instead of the standard što.

Questions about Kajkavian

What does Kajkavian mean?
Kajkavian means a South Slavic language or supradialect of Serbo-Croatian spoken in central Croatia.
What part of speech is Kajkavian?
Kajkavian can be a proper noun, a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Kajkavian?
Kajkavian is pronounced /kaɪˈkɑːviən/.

Words near Kajkavian in the dictionary

  1. kajiras
  2. kajiri
  3. kajis
  4. Kajishin
  5. kajk
  6. Kajkavian
  7. Kajkavians
  8. kajmak
  9. Kajola
  10. kaju
  11. kaju katli

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