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Aleksandar
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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
sh cu Алеѯандръ, from sh grc Ᾰ̓λέξᾰνδρος. Older variant without "fleeting a": Александр.Даничић Ђуро Đuro Daničić Рјечник из књижевних старина српских Биоград Државна штампарија 1 (А — К) 1863 7 Archiaic Serbian variant (13th-16th c.) Aleksend(a)rAlèksȇndar 66 1 may be related to OCS variant form cu Алексѧдр- (Codex Marianus).Александровъ 68
Pronunciation
alèksāndar aleksȃndar aleksándar
sh A lek san dar
Proper noun
Alèksāndar,Aleksȃndar,Aleksándar m-an aleksandrovski Aleksandrov
sh male Greek Alexander
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Usage notes
Accents: AlèksāndarFranjo Iveković Franjo Iveković Ivan Broz Ivan Broz Rječnik hrvatskoga jezika. Svezak I. A–O Zagreb Štamparija Karla Albrechta (Jos. Wittasek) 1901 9 https://archive.org/details/rjenikhrvatskoga01ivekSekulić Ante Rječnik govora bačkih Hrvata Zagreb, Subotica Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, Katolički institut "Ivan Antunović" 2005Диалект Источне Херцеговине Српски дијалектолошки зборник Вушовић Данило III 1–70 1927 Београд Српска краљевска академија 36 https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/6006 (classical norm), AleksȃndarŠušanj Jelena Akcentuacija imenica muškoga roda u njeguškome govoru Rasprave Instituta za hrvatski jezik 50 2 433–455 2024 Zagreb Institut za hrvatski jezik 441 https://hrcak.srce.hr/329186 https://web.archive.org/web/20250714122913/https://hrcak.srce.hr/329186 14 July 2025 (non-Neoštokavian, but also present in Nštok. areas), Aleksándarf1ZjXg%3D%3D (younger "metatonic" accent)
Declension
Aleksandar Aleksandra Aleksandru Aleksandra Aleksandre Aleksandru Aleksandrom
Related terms
sh Aleksandra (feminine variant)
sh Aco (hypocoristic variant)
sh Aleksandrić (last name)
sh Aleksandrovac (toponym)
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