Standard Lemma guide

Chakavian

adj · name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

of or pertaining to Chakavians or their language.

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2

name

Meaning 2

One of the main supradialects spoken in Croatia.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

speaker of Chakavian, or a native of southern and coastal Croatia.

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History

Etymology

From the Serbo-Croatian interrogative pronoun ča (“what”).

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: txakaviera — Translations
  • German: čakavisch — Translations
  • Belarusian: чакаўскі дыялект (čakawski dyjaljekt) — Translations
  • Bulgarian: чакавско наречие (čakavsko narečie) — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 查方言 (chá fāngyán) — Translations
  • Dutch: čakavisch — Translations
  • French: tchakavien — Translations
  • German: Čakavisch — Translations
  • Hungarian: ča nyelvjárás — Translations
  • Italian: ciacavo — Translations
  • Italian: ciacavico — Translations
  • Japanese: チャ方言 (cha hōgen) — Translations
  • Macedonian: чакавско наречје (čakavsko narečje) — Translations
  • Norwegian: čakavisk — Translations
  • Polish: czakawski — Translations
  • Russian: ча́кавское наре́чие (čákavskoje naréčije) — Translations
  • Serbo-Croatian: чакавско наречје — Translations
  • Serbo-Croatian: čakavsko narečje — Translations
  • Serbo-Croatian: чакавски — Translations
  • Serbo-Croatian: čakavski — Translations
  • Serbo-Croatian: чакавица — Translations
  • Serbo-Croatian: čakavica — Translations
  • Serbo-Croatian: чакавштина — Translations
  • Serbo-Croatian: čakavština — Translations
  • Swedish: čakavisk dialekt — Translations
  • Ukrainian: чакавське наріччя (čakavsʹke nariččja) — Translations
  • Ukrainian: чакавський діалект (čakavsʹkyj dialekt) — Translations