lovor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin laurus.

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

Noun

lȍvōr m (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

Swedish

Alternative forms

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 (lyrics and music), “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
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