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Etymology
From Serb -ian Serbia -an
Pronunciation
Adjective
Serbian (comparative more Serbian , superlative most Serbian )
of or pertaining to Serbia , the Serbian people or their language
Derived terms
Noun
Serbian (countable and uncountable plural Serbians
( countable ) Serbia .( countable ) Serb .( uncountable ) Serbo-Croatian , a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs .( historical ) Serbo-Croatian in general, as spoken in Serbia .
Usage notes
A distinction is often made between Serbian ( “ a person from Serbia ” ) and Serb ( “ a person of Serb ethnicity not necessarily from Serbia ” ) .
Derived terms
Translations
person from Serbia
— see also Serb
Afrikaans: Serwiër
Albanian: serb (sq) m serbe f
Arabic: صِرْبِيّ m ( ṣirbiyy ) , صِرْبِيَّة f ( ṣirbiyya )
Armenian: սերբ (hy) ( serb )
Aromanian: sãrbu m sãrbã f
Azerbaijani: serb
Basque: serbiar
Belarusian: серб m ( sjerb ) , се́рбка f ( sjérbka ) , сэрб m ( serb ) , сэ́рбка f ( sérbka ) ( Taraškievica )
Bulgarian: съ́рбин (bg) m ( sǎ́rbin ) , сръбки́ня f ( srǎbkínja )
Catalan: serbi (ca) m sèrbia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 塞爾維亞人 ／ 塞尔维亚人 (zh) ( sài'ěrwéiyàrén )
Czech: Srb (cs) m Srbka (cs) f
Danish: serber c
Dutch: Serviër (nl) m Servische (nl) f
Esperanto: serbo serbiano
Estonian: serblane
Faroese: serbi m
Finnish: serbialainen (fi)
French: Serbe (fr) m or f
Galician: serbio (gl) m serbia f
Georgian: სერბი ( serbi )
German: Serbe (de) m Serbin (de) f
Greek: Σέρβος (el) m ( Sérvos ) , Σέρβα (el) f ( Sérva )
Hebrew: סרבי m ( servi ) , סרבית f ( servít )
Hindi: सर्ब ( sarb )
Hungarian: szerb (hu)
Icelandic: Serbi m
Interlingua: serbo
Irish: Seirbiach m
Italian: serbo (it) m serba (it) f
Japanese: セルビア人 (ja) ( セルビアじん, serubiajin )
Kazakh: серб ( serb )
Korean: 세르비아 사람 ( sereubia saram )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: سربی ( sirbî )
Northern Kurdish: serbî (ku)
Kyrgyz: серб ( serb )
Latvian: serbs m serbiete f
Lithuanian: serbas (lt) m serbė (lt) f
Macedonian: Србин m ( Srbin ) , Србинка f ( Srbinka )
Manx: Serbagh m
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: серб ( serb )
Mongolian: ᠰᠡᠷᠪᠢ ( serbi )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: serber m
Nynorsk: serbar (nn) m
Persian: صربی ( serbi ) , صربستانی (fa) ( serbestâni )
Polish: Serb (pl) m Serbka (pl) f
Portuguese: sérvio (pt) m
Romanian: sârb (ro) m sârbă (ro) f sârboaică (ro) f
Russian: серб (ru) m ( serb ) , се́рбка (ru) f ( sérbka )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Ср̏бин m Ср̏пкиња f
Roman: Sȑbin (sh) m Sȑpkinja f
Sicilian: serbu (scn) m serba f
Slovak: Srb m Srbka f
Slovene: Sŕb (sl) m Sŕbkinja f
Spanish: serbio (es) m serbio (es) m serbia (es) f
Swedish: serb (sv) c serbiska (sv) c ( female )
Tagalog: Serbyo
Turkish: Sırp (tr) , Sırbistanlı
Turkmen: serb
Ukrainian: серб m ( serb ) , се́рбка f ( sérbka ) , се́рбин m ( sérbyn )
Urdu: سَرْوِیائی ( sarviyā'ī )
Uyghur: سېرب ( sërb )
Uzbek: serb (uz)
Vietnamese: người Xéc-bi
the standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian
Afrikaans: Serwies (af)
Albanian: gjuha serbe f serbisht (sq)
Arabic: الصِرْبِيَّة f ( aṣ-ṣirbiyya )
Armenian: սերբերեն ( serberen )
Aromanian: limba sãrbeascã f limba sãrgheascã f
Asturian: serbu m
Basque: serbiera (eu)
Belarusian: се́рбская мо́ва f ( sjérbskaja móva ) , се́рбская f ( sjérbskaja ) , сэ́рбская мо́ва f ( sérbskaja móva ) , сэ́рбская f ( sérbskaja )
Bulgarian: сръбски m ( srǎbski )
Catalan: serbi (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 塞爾維亞語 ／ 塞尔维亚语 (zh) ( Sāi'ěrwéiyàyǔ )
Czech: srbština f
Danish: serbisk (da)
Dutch: Servisch (nl) n
Dzongkha: སོདབ་ཁ ( sodb kha )
Esperanto: serba lingvo
Estonian: serbia keel
Faroese: serbiskt (fo) n
Finnish: serbia (fi) , serbian kieli
French: serbe (fr) m
Georgian: სერბული ( serbuli )
German: Serbisch (de) n
Greek: σερβικά (el) ( serviká )
Hebrew: סרבית f ( serbít )
Hindi: सर्बी ( sarbī ) , सर्बियाई ( sarbiyāī ) , सर्बियन ( sarbiyan )
Hungarian: szerb (hu)
Icelandic: serbneska (is) f
Interlingua: serbo
Irish: Seirbis f
Italian: serbo (it)
Japanese: セルビア語 (ja) ( セルビアご, serubiago )
Korean: 세르비아어 (ko) ( sereubia'eo )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: سربی ( sirbî )
Northern Kurdish: serbî (ku)
Latvian: serbu
Lithuanian: serbų kalba (lt) f
Macedonian: српски m ( srpski )
Malay: bahasa Serbia Serbia (ms)
Manx: Serbish f
Navajo: Séwib bizaad
Nepali: सर्बियाली ( sarbiyālī )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: serbisk (no) m
Nynorsk: serbisk (nn) m
Persian: صربی ( sarbi )
Polish: serbski (pl) m
Portuguese: sérvio (pt) m
Romanian: sârbă (ro) f
Russian: се́рбский (ru) m ( sérbskij ) , се́рбский язы́к m ( sérbskij jazýk )
Scots: Serbie
Scottish Gaelic: Sèarbais f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ср̏пскӣ m
Roman: sȑpskī (sh) m
Sicilian: serbu (scn) m
Sindhi: سَربِي ( sarbī )
Slovak: srbčina (sk) f
Slovene: sŕbščina (sl) f
Spanish: serbio (es) m
Swahili: kiserbia
Swedish: serbiska (sv)
Tagalog: Serbyo Serbian
Thai: ภาษา เซอร์เบียน
Tigrinya: ሰርቢኛ ( särbiña )
Turkish: Sırpça (tr)
Turkmen:
Cyrillic: сербче
Roman: serbçe
Ukrainian: се́рбська мо́ва f ( sérbsʹka móva ) , се́рбська (uk) f ( sérbsʹka )
Urdu: صربی ( sarbī )
Uyghur: سېرپچە ( sërpche )
Uzbek:
Cyrillic: сербча ( serbcha )
Roman: serbça
Vietnamese: tiếng Xéc-bi
Volapük: Särbänapük
Welsh: Serbeg (cy)
West Frisian: Servysk (fy) n
Xhosa: isi-Serbia
Yiddish: סערביש ( serbish )
Zulu: isi-Sebhiya
Translations to be checked
Adjective
Serbian (not comparable )
Of, from, or pertaining to Serbia and Serbians.
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Of or pertaining to Serbian language.
Derived terms
Translations
pertaining to Serbia and Serbians
Afrikaans: Serwies (af)
Albanian: serb (sq)
Arabic: صِرْبِيّ ( ṣirbiyy )
Armenian: սերբական (hy) ( serbakan )
Asturian: serbiu (ast)
Azerbaijani: serb
Basque: serbiar
Belarusian: се́рбскі ( sjérbski ) , сэ́рбскі ( sérbski )
Bengali: সার্বীয় (bn) ( śarbiẏo )
Bulgarian: сръ́бски ( srǎ́bski )
Burmese: ဆားဘီးယား ( hca:bhi:ya: )
Carpathian Rusyn: се́рьбскый ( sérʹbskŷj )
Catalan: serbi (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 塞爾維亞的 ／ 塞尔维亚的 (zh) ( Sāi'ěrwéiyà de )
Czech: srbský (cs)
Danish: serbisk (da)
Dutch: Servisch (nl)
Esperanto: serbia
Estonian: serbia
Faroese: serbiskur
Finnish: serbialainen (fi)
French: serbe (fr)
Galician: serbio (gl)
Georgian: სერბული ( serbuli )
German: serbisch (de)
Greek: σερβικός (el) ( servikós )
Hebrew: סרבי ( servi )
Hindi: सर्बियाई ( sarbiyāī )
Hungarian: szerb (hu)
Icelandic: serbneskur (is)
Interlingua: serbe
Irish: Seirbiach
Italian: serbo (it)
Japanese: セルビアの (ja) ( Serubia no )
Kazakh: серб ( serb )
Khmer: ស៊ឺបៀ ( sɨɨbiə ) , ស៊េប៊ី ( seibii )
Korean: 세르비아의 (ko) ( sereubiaui )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: sirbî (ku)
Kyrgyz: серб ( serb )
Lao: ແຊກບີ ( sǣk bī )
Latvian: serbu serbisks
Lithuanian: serbiškas
Macedonian: српски ( srpski )
Malay: Serbia (ms)
Manx: Serbagh
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: серб ( serb )
Mongolian: ᠰᠡᠷᠪᠢ ( serbi )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: serbisk (no)
Nynorsk: serbisk (nn)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: срьбьскъ ( srĭbĭskŭ )
Pashto: صرب ( serb )
Persian: صربی ( serbi ) , صربستانی (fa) ( serbestâni )
Polish: serbski (pl)
Portuguese: sérvio (pt)
Romanian: sârb (ro) , sârbesc (ro)
Russian: се́рбский (ru) ( sérbskij )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ср̏пскӣ србѝја̄нскӣ
Roman: sȑpskī (sh) , srbìjānskī (sh)
Slovak: srbský (sk)
Slovene: sŕbski (sl)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: serbiski
Upper Sorbian: serbiski (hsb)
Spanish: serbio (es)
Swedish: serbisk (sv) , serbiskt (sv) , serbiska (sv)
Tagalog: Serbyo Serbian
Tajik: сербӣ (tg) ( serbi )
Tatar: серб ( serb )
Thai: เซอร์เบีย (th) ( səə-biia )
Turkish: Sırp (tr)
Turkmen: serb
Ukrainian: се́рбський ( sérbsʹkyj )
Urdu: سربیائی ( sarbiyā'ī )
Uyghur: سېرب ( sërb )
Uzbek: serb (uz)
Vietnamese: Xéc-bi
Welsh: Serbaidd m or f Serfiaidd m or f ( outdated )
Yiddish: סערביש ( serbish )
pertaining to the Serbian language
See also
Further reading
Anagrams
Finnish
Proper noun
Serbian
genitive singular of Serbia
Serbian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
