župan

See also: Župan, zupan, Zupan, and żupan

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʒupan]

Etymology 1

Probably from Italian giuppone, originally from Arabic جُبَّة (jubba). First attested in the 16th century.[1]

Noun

župan m inan

  1. dressing gown
  2. pastry wrapping
Declension

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *županъ (lord), from Proto-Slavic *župa of uncertain origin.[2] Compare župa.

Noun

župan m anim

  1. administrative head of a district (župa)
Declension

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2007), “župan”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
  2. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2007), “župa”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

Further reading

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *županъ, from *župa (area, district).

Noun

župan m anim

  1. head beekeeper
  2. head of a župa

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “župan”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999), “župan”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *županъ, from *župa (area, district).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒǔpan/

Noun

žùpan m anim (Cyrillic spelling жу̀пан)

  1. head of a district

Declension

Declension of župan
singular plural
nominative župan župani
genitive župana župana
dative županu županima
accusative župana župane
vocative župane župani
locative županom županima
instrumental županu županima

Further reading

  • župan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
  • župan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *županъ, from *župa (area, district). First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒupán/, /ʒupàːn/

Noun

župȁn or župán m anim

  1. head of a municipality

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing. župan
gen. sing. župana
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
župan župana župani
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
župana županov županov
dative
(dajȃlnik)
županu županoma županom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
župana župana župane
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
županu županih županih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
županom županoma župani

Further reading

  • župan”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʒupan/
  • Rhymes: -upan
  • Hyphenation: žu‧pan
  • Syllabification: žu‧pan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *županъ, from *župa (area, district).

Noun

župan m pers

  1. the chairman of the Domowina district association
Declension

Etymology 2

Via Italian giuppone or French jupon, from Arabic جُبَّة (jubba).

Noun

župan m inan

  1. dressing gown
Declension

Further reading

  • župan”, in Mudra corpus [Upper Sorbian–Czech dictionary] (in Czech), 2024–2026
  • župan” in Soblex