istok

See also: Istok

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic въстокъ (vŭstokŭ, “rising, east”), a calque of Ancient Greek ἀνατολή (anatolḗ, “rising, east”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǐstok/
• Hyphenation: i‧stok

Noun

ìstok m (Cyrillic spelling ѝсток)

1. east

   Synonym: ishod

   Antonym: zȃpad

Declension

Declension of istok

	singular
nominative	istok
genitive	istoka
dative	istoku
accusative	istok
vocative	istoče
locative	istoku
instrumental	istokom

Further reading

• “istok”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024