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stokavian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
stoka-vian
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The most widespread dialect of Serbo-Croatian, which is used as the dialectal basis for the standard Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian versions of the language. The word what is usually rendered as što, whence the name.

adj

Of or pertaining to the Stokavian dialect.

Inflected Forms

Shtokavian (alternative) Štokavian (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Chakavian Kajkavian

Questions

What does stokavian mean?
The most widespread dialect of Serbo-Croatian, which is used as the dialectal basis for the standard Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian versions of the language. The word what is usually rendered as što, whence the name.

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