Sava
English
Etymology
From Serbo-Croatian Sava.
Translations
river
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Danish
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic Сава (Sava), from Ancient Greek Σάββας (Sábbas).
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Of pre-Slavic origin, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sewh₁- (“to press, push (forth); to water”) + *-eh₂, thus meaning something like “that which pushes forth, which waters”.[1] The name in Greek was Σάος (Sáos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sǎːʋa/
- Hyphenation: Sa‧va
Declension
References
- Udolph, Jürgen (28 March 2007). "Stara Europa u Hrvatskoj: ime rijeke Save". Folia Onomastica Croatica (12/13)
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek Σάββας (Sábbas), a spiritual name taken on by Prince Rastko Nemanjić (Saint Sava) upon becoming a monk, from Aramaic סבא (“grandfather, old man”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sâːʋa/
- Hyphenation: Sa‧va
Proper noun
Sȃva f (Cyrillic spelling Са̑ва)
- Saint Sava, first archbishop of the Serbian autocephalous church
- a male given name (primarily used by people with an Orthodox Christian background)
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