hajdanában

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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First attested in 1604. From hajdan (“long ago”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix) +‎ -ban (“in”, inessive case suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhɒjdɒnaːbɒn]
  • Hyphenation: haj‧da‧ná‧ban
  • Rhymes: -ɒn

Adverb

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hajdanában (not comparable)

  1. long ago (at a time in the past, especially the distant past)
    Synonyms: régen, egykor, valaha

References

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  1. ^ hajdanában in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

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