lovor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin laurus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lôʋoːr/
• Hyphenation: lo‧vor

Noun

lȍvōr m inan (Cyrillic spelling ло̏во̄р)

1. laurel

Declension

Declension of lovor

	singular	plural
nominative	lovor	lovori
genitive	lovora	lovora
dative	lovoru	lovorima
accusative	lovor	lovore
vocative	lovoru / lovore	lovori
locative	lovoru	lovorima
instrumental	lovorom	lovorima

References

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

Swedish

Alternative forms

• lover

Etymology

From Tavringer Romani lover, loviar (“money”), from Romani lowo (“coin”). Related to Sanskrit लोहवर (lohavara, “gold”).

Noun

lovor c pl

1. (slang) money
   • 1978, Kal P. Dal, “Houndans kvinna”, in Gräd Ente Fassan!‎:

     Hon lånar ut lovor men hon har inget bankkontor.

     She lends money but has no bank office.

   • 2015 October 20, Max Wiman, “En välkammad presskonferens [A well-groomed press conference]”, in Sydsvenskan‎, Malmö, Sweden:

     ”Det är väl fantastiskt. Det hade jag också gjort om jag haft hans lovor”, sa Markus Rosenberg.

     ”It’s wonderful, isn’t it? I would have done the same if I had his money”, Markus Rosenberg said.

References

• Gerd Carling (2005), “lovor”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 89
• Slangopedia