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Meaning of čelebi | Babel Free

Adjective
t͡ʃelěbi

Definitions

gallant, noble, lordly (person or object)

archaic, indeclinable

Equivalents

English gallant lordly noble

Examples

“Знаш ли, драги, жалосна ти мајка! / Кад се од нас проћи не могаше [...] А од мога челеби-фесића, / А од твога челеби сарука[...]?”

Do you remember, my dear, woe to your mother / When you could not let go of me … Of my lordly fez, / Of your lordly turban…?

“Имала је мужа којега је волела и обожавала, јер је и телом и душом био лепота од човека. [...] У чаршији је имао неколико епитета: челеби-Ђорђија, дилбер-Ђорђија, ашик-Ђорђија.”

She had a husband whom she loved and adored, because both in his body and his soul he was a beautiful man. … Among the people he had several epithets: gallant Đorđija, beautiful Đorđija, lover Đorđija.

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