balvan

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈpalːvan/

Noun

balvan

1. essive of balva

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bъlvanъ. Cognate with Polish bałwan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǎlʋan/
• Hyphenation: bal‧van

Noun

bàlvan m inan (Cyrillic spelling ба̀лван)

1. beam, log (piece of timber)

Declension

Declension of balvan

	singular	plural
nominative	balvan	balvani
genitive	balvana	balvana
dative	balvanu	balvanima
accusative	balvan	balvane
vocative	balvane	balvani
locative	balvanu	balvanima
instrumental	balvanom	balvanima

Further reading

• “balvan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025