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Vlah
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See also: vlah
Romanian
Etymology
From vlah.
Proper noun
Vlah m (genitive/dative lui Vlah)
- a surname originating as an ethnonym
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volxъ, itself of Germanic origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
Vlȁh m anim (Cyrillic spelling Вла̏х)
- Vlach
- (Dalmatia) hinterlander, inlander
- (by extension, Dalmatia) yokel, bumpkin
- (usually derogatory) an Orthodox Christian (in contrast to the speaker who would be of other faith)
- (regional, Istria) outsider, non-indigenous person
Declension
Further reading
- “Vlah”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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