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onaj

Serbo-Croatianpron
Ћирилица: онајone entry, two scripts

Definitions

  1. 1.
    that, that one (farther away than denoted by tȃj)
    • onaj čov(j)ek

      that man

    • pratite onaj taksi!

      follow that cab!

  2. 2.
    the (one)
    • gd(j)e je onaj drugi?

      where is the other guy?

    • onaj s puškom?

      the one with the rifle?

  3. 3.
    various idiomatic and figurative meanings in phrases
    • na ovaj ili onaj način

      one way or another

    • ovo i ono

      this and that

    • kad ono

      when suddenly

Synonyms & related words

Related words (2)
  • òvāj
  • tȃj

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *onъ + *jь. Akin to tȃj and òvāj.

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