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Etymology
en 1 * :af Serb -ian<id:related to> :af Serbia -an
Pronunciation
sûr′bē-ən; en /ˈsɜː(ɹ).bi.ən/
en [ˈsəː.bɪjən] SSB
en /ˈsɜː.biː.ən/ RP,AuE
en /ˈsɜɹ.bi.ən/ GenAm,CanE
en en-us-Serbian.ogg US
en /ˈsøː.biː.ən/ NZE
en /ˈsɛɾ.bi.ən/ /ˈsɛɾ.bi.ʌn/ ScE
en /ˈsɜː(ɾ).biː.an/ /ˈsɛɾ.biː.an/ /ˈsəɾ.biː.an/ InE
en sɜː(ɹ)bi.ən 3
en Ser bi an
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Serbia, the Serbian people or their language.
Greg Botelho U.N. court: Serbs’ actions in Croatia not considered genocide https://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/03/europe/croatia-serbia-genocide/index.html 2015-02-03 Tuesday’s ICJ ruling relates specifically to what Serbian forces did in Croatia between 1991 and 1995. https://web.archive.org/web/20210304090838/https://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/03/europe/croatia-serbia-genocide/index.html
Derived terms
en Croato-Serbian Serbiandom Serbianhood Serbianism Serbian spruce Serbian studies Serbinization
Related terms
en pan-Serbianism
Noun
~
en countable A native or inhabitant of Serbia.
Greg Botelho U.N. court: Serbs’ actions in Croatia not considered genocide https://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/03/europe/croatia-serbia-genocide/index.html 2015-02-03 The violence began when Serbian troops went into Croatia ostensibly to aid armed ethnic Serbians trying to create their own autonomous states there. https://web.archive.org/web/20210304090838/https://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/03/europe/croatia-serbia-genocide/index.html
en countable A Serb.
en Q9299en uncountable The standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs.
en historical Serbo-Croatian in general, as spoken in Serbia.
Usage notes
A distinction is often made between en Serbian a person from Serbia and en Serb a person of Serb ethnicity not necessarily from Serbia.
Derived terms
en Serbianness
Related terms
en Serb
Translations
person from Serbia Serb
Afrikaans: af Serwiër
Albanian: sq serb m, sq serbe f
Arabic: ar صِرْبِيّ m, ar صِرْبِيَّة f
Armenian: hy սերբ
Aromanian: rup sãrbu m, rup sãrbã f
Asturian: ast serbiu m, ast serbia f
Azerbaijani: az serb
Basque: eu serbiar
Belarusian: be серб m, be се́рбка f, be сэрб m, be сэ́рбка f Taraškievica
Bulgarian: bg съ́рбин m, bg сръбки́ня f, bg сръ́бче n, bg съ́рбинче n, bg сръбки́нче n
Catalan: ca serbi m, ca sèrbia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 塞爾維亞人
Czech: cs Srb m, cs Srbka f
Danish: da serber c
Dutch: nl Serviër m, nl Servische f
Esperanto: eo serbo (1), eo serbiano (2)
Estonian: et serblane
Faroese: fo serbi m
Finnish: fi serbialainen
French: fr Serbe m f
Galician: gl serbio m, gl serbia f
Georgian: ka სერბი
German: de Serbe m, de Serbin f
Greek: el Σέρβος m, el Σέρβα f
Hebrew: he סרבי m servi, he סרבית f servít
Hindi: hi सर्ब
Hungarian: hu szerb
Icelandic: is Serbi m
Interlingua: ia serbo
Irish: ga Seirbiach m
Italian: it serbo m, it serba f
Japanese: ja セルビア人 セルビアじん, serubiajin
Kazakh: kk серб
Korean: ko 세르비아인, ko 세르비아 사람
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb سربی
Northern Kurdish: kmr serbî
Kyrgyz: ky серб
Latvian: lv serbs m, lv serbiete f
Lithuanian: lt serbas m, lt serbė f
Macedonian: mk Србин m, mk Србинка f
Manx: gv Serbagh m
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn серб
Mongolian script: mn ᠰᠡᠷᠪᠢ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb serber m
Nynorsk: nn serbar m
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Серб m, rsk Сербкиня f
Persian: fa صربی serbi, fa صربستانی serbestâni
Polish: pl Serb m, pl Serbka f
Portuguese: pt sérvio m
Romanian: ro sârb m, ro sârbă f, ro sârboaică f
Russian: ru серб m, ru се́рбка f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Ср̏бин m, sh Ср̏пкиња f
Latin: sh Sȑbin m, sh Sȑpkinja f
Sicilian: scn serbu m, scn serba f
Slovak: sk Srb m, sk Srbka f
Slovene: sl Sŕb m, sl Sŕbkinja f
Spanish: es serbio m, es serbia f, es servio rare
Swedish: sv serb c, sv serbiska c female
Tagalog: tl Serbyo
Tamil: ta செர்பியர் c
Turkish: tr Sırp, tr Sırbistanlı
Ottoman Turkish: ota صرپ sırp
Turkmen: tk serb
Ukrainian: uk серб m, uk се́рбка f, uk се́рбин m
Urdu: ur سَرْوِیائی sarviyā'ī
Uyghur: ug سېرب
Uzbek: uz serb
Vietnamese: vi người Xéc-bi
Serb
the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Afrikaans: af Serwies
Albanian: sq gjuha serbe f, sq serbisht
Arabic: ar الصِرْبِيَّة f
Armenian: hy սերբերեն
Aromanian: rup limba sãrbeascã f, rup limba sãrgheascã f
Asturian: ast serbiu m
Basque: eu serbiera
Belarusian: be се́рбская мо́ва f, be се́рбская f, be сэ́рбская мо́ва f, be сэ́рбская f
Bulgarian: bg сръбски m
Catalan: ca serbi m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 塞爾維亞語
Czech: cs srbština f
Danish: da serbisk
Dutch: nl Servisch n
Dzongkha: dz སོདབ་ཁ
Esperanto: eo serba lingvo
Estonian: et serbia keel
Faroese: fo serbiskt n
Finnish: fi serbia, fi serbian kieli
French: fr serbe m
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Servysk n
Georgian: ka სერბული
German: de Serbisch n
Greek: el σερβικά
Hebrew: he סרבית f serbít
Hindi: hi सर्बी, hi सर्बियाई, hi सर्बियन
Hungarian: hu szerb
Icelandic: is serbneska f
Interlingua: ia serbo
Irish: ga Seirbis f
Italian: it serbo
Japanese: ja セルビア語 セルビアご, serubiago
Kazakh: kk серб тілі
Korean: ko 세르비아어
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb سربی
Northern Kurdish: kmr serbî
Latvian: lv serbu
Lithuanian: lt serbų kalba f
Macedonian: mk српски m
Malay: ms bahasa Serbia, ms Serbia
Manx: gv Serbish f
Navajo: nv Séwib bizaad
Nepali: ne सर्बियाली
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb serbisk m
Nynorsk: nn serbisk m
Persian: fa صربی sarbi
Polish: pl serbski m
Portuguese: pt sérvio m
Romanian: ro sârbă f
Russian: ru се́рбский m, ru се́рбский язы́к m
Scots: sco Serbie
Scottish Gaelic: gd Sèarbais f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh ср̏пскӣ m
Latin: sh sȑpskī m
Sicilian: scn serbu m
Sindhi: sd سَربِي
Slovak: sk srbčina f
Slovene: sl sŕbščina f
Spanish: es serbio m, es servio rare
Swahili: sw kiserbia
Swedish: sv serbiska
Tagalog: tl Serbyo, tl Serbian
Thai: th ภาษาเซอร์เบียน
Tigrinya: ti ሰርቢኛ
Turkish: tr Sırpça
Turkmen:
Cyrillic: tk сербче
Latin: tk serbçe
Ukrainian: uk се́рбська мо́ва f, uk се́рбська f
Urdu: ur صربی sarbī
Uyghur: ug سېرپچە
Uzbek:
Cyrillic: uz сербча
Latin: uz serbça
Vietnamese: vi tiếng Xéc-bi
Volapük: vo Särbänapük
Welsh: cy Serbeg
Xhosa: xh isi-Serbia
Yiddish: yi סערביש
Zulu: zu isi-Sebhiya
Amharic: am ሰርቢኛ
Breton: br serbeg
Bulgarian: bg сърбин m, bg сръбкиня f
Galician: gl serbio
Indonesian: id bahasa Serbia
Kyrgyz: ky сербче
Latin: la service
Lithuanian: lt serbų
Malagasy: mg serba
Maltese: mt Serb
Mongolian: mn серби
Romanian: ro sârbă
Somali: so seerbiyaan
Tajik:
Cyrillic: tg серби
Arabic: tg سیربی
Tigrinya: ti ሰርቢኛ
Welsh: cy Serbeg
Adjective
-
Of, from, or pertaining to Serbia and Serbians.
en November 14, 2014 Stephen Halliday Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero The Scotsman http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/latest/scotland-1-0-republic-of-ireland-maloney-the-hero-1-3605869 In a raucous atmosphere, it was an unforgiving and physical contest from the start. Grant Hanley conceded the first free-kick within the opening 20 seconds, setting the tone for a busy and thankless evening for Serbian referee Milorad Mazic. https://web.archive.org/web/20150206195628/http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/latest/scotland-1-0-republic-of-ireland-maloney-the-hero-1-3605869 6 February 2015
Of or pertaining to Serbian language.
Derived terms
en Serbianization Serbianize Serbianness Serbian Orthodox Church Serbian salad Serbian spruce<ng:Picea omorika species>
Related terms
en Serbia Serbo-Croatian
Translations
pertaining to Serbia and Serbians
Afrikaans: af Serwies
Albanian: sq serb
Arabic: ar صِرْبِيّ
Armenian: hy սերբական
Asturian: ast serbiu
Azerbaijani: az serb
Basque: eu serbiar
Belarusian: be се́рбскі, be сэ́рбскі
Bengali: bn সার্বীয়
Bulgarian: bg сръ́бски
Burmese: my ဆားဘီးယား
Carpathian Rusyn: rue се́рьбскый
Catalan: ca serbi
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 塞爾維亞 塞爾維亞的 Sāi'ěrwéiyà de
Czech: cs srbský
Danish: da serbisk
Dutch: nl Servisch
Esperanto: eo serbia
Estonian: et serbia
Faroese: fo serbiskur
Finnish: fi serbialainen
French: fr serbe
Galician: gl serbio
Georgian: ka სერბული
German: de serbisch
Greek: el σερβικός
Hebrew: he סרבי servi
Hindi: hi सर्बियाई
Hungarian: hu szerb
Icelandic: is serbneskur
Interlingua: ia serbe
Irish: ga Seirbiach
Italian: it serbo
Japanese: ja セルビア Serubia no セルビアの
Kazakh: kk сербтік
Khmer: km ស៊ឺបៀ, km ស៊េប៊ី
Korean: ko 세르비아 ^세르비아-의
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr sirbî
Kyrgyz: ky серб
Lao: lo ແຊກບີ
Latvian: lv serbu, lv serbisks
Lithuanian: lt serbiškas
Macedonian: mk српски
Malay: ms Serbia
Manx: gv Serbagh
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn серб
Mongolian script: mn ᠰᠡᠷᠪᠢ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb serbisk
Nynorsk: nn serbisk
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: cu срьбьскъ
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk сербски
Pashto: ps صرب serb
Persian: fa صربی serbi, fa صربستانی serbestâni
Polish: pl serbski
Portuguese: pt sérvio
Romanian: ro sârb, ro sârbesc
Russian: ru се́рбский
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh ср̏пскӣ, sh србѝја̄нскӣ
Latin: sh sȑpskī, sh srbìjānskī
Slovak: sk srbský
Slovene: sl sŕbski
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb serbiski
Upper Sorbian: hsb serbiski
Spanish: es serbio, es servio rare
Swedish: sv serbisk, sv serbiskt, sv serbiska
Tagalog: tl Serbyo, tl Serbian
Tajik: tg сербӣ
Tamil: ta செர்பிய
Tatar: tt серб
Thai: th เซอร์เบีย
Turkish: tr Sırp
Turkmen: tk serb
Ukrainian: uk се́рбський
Urdu: ur سربیائی sarbiyā'ī
Uyghur: ug سېرب
Uzbek: uz serb
Vietnamese: vi Xéc-bi
Welsh: cy Serbaidd m f, cy Serfiaidd m f outdated
Yiddish: yi סערביש
pertaining to the Serbian language
Afrikaans: af Serwies
Armenian: hy սերբերեն
Asturian: ast serbiu
Basque: eu serbiar
Catalan: ca serbi
Danish: da serbisk
Dutch: nl Servisch
Esperanto: eo serblingva
Estonian: et serbiakeelne
Faroese: fo serbiskur
Finnish: fi serbiankielinen
French: fr serbe
German: de serbisch
Interlingua: ia serbe
Irish: ga Seirbise
Italian: it serbo
Malay: ms bahasa Serbia, ms Serbia
Norwegian: no serbisk
Persian: fa صربی serbi
Polish: pl serbski m
Portuguese: pt sérvio
Romanian: ro sârb, ro sârbesc
Russian: ru се́рбский
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh ср̏пскӣ
Latin: sh sȑpskī
Slovene: sl sŕbski
Spanish: es serbio m, es servio m
Swedish: sv serbisk, sv serbiskt, sv serbiska
Tagalog: tl Serbyo, tl Serbian
Tamil: ta செர்பிய
See also
Appendix:Latin script/alphabets#Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian alphabet
Appendix:Alphabets#Serbian (Cyrillic)
Serbian alphabet
Further reading
1 sr srp
srp
Anagrams
en abeinrs inbears Ben Sira braines bears in brinase barnies
en Languages Nationalities Serbia
Finnish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi proper noun form
fi Serbia gen s