Židov

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *židъ, Proto-Slavic *židovinъ, from Italian giudeo, from Latin Iūdaeus, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Hebrew יהודי (Yehudi).

• IPA^(key): /ʒǐdoʋ/, /ʒîdoʋ/
• Hyphenation: Ži‧dov

Žìdov or Žȉdov m anim (Cyrillic spelling Жѝдов or Жи̏дов, female equivalent Žìdōvka or Žȉdōvka)

1. (chiefly Croatia) Jew

   Synonyms: (chiefly Serbia, Bosnia) Jèvrejin, Jevrej

2. (Serbia, Bosnia, ethnic slur) yid, kike

• Židovče (diminutive)
• židovstvo (“Jewry”)
• židovski (“Jewish”)

• “Židov”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “Židov”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика [Rečnik srpskohrvatskoga književnog jezika, Dictionary of the Serbo-Croatian Literary Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање [Second Phototype Edition], volume 2, Novi Sad; Zagreb: Matica srpska; Matica hrvatska, 1967, published 1990, page 38