Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kajkavian

/kaɪˈkɑːviən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ka-jka-vian
IPA: /kaɪˈkɑːviən/

27

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

noun

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

adj

Of or pertaining to Kajkavians or their language.

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Root: kajkavski, -

Inflected Forms

Kajkavians (plural) more Kajkavian (comparative) most Kajkavian (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce kajkavian?: The recorded pronunciation is /kaɪˈkɑːviən/.
What does kajkavian mean?: A South Slavic language or supradialect of Serbo-Croatian spoken in central Croatia.
Where does kajkavian come from?: From Serbo-Croatian kajkavski, from the regional Serbo-Croatian interrogative pronoun kaj (“what”), which is used in that region instead of the standard što.

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