asztal

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowing from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *stolъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɒstɒl]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: asz‧tal
  • Rhymes: -ɒl

Noun

asztal (plural asztalok)

  1. table, desk (in a flat, whether a living room or a kitchen, or in an office or that of a teacher)
    Synonym: pad (desk of school students, traditionally built together with the seat)
    Hypernym: (piece of furniture) bútor
    Meronyms: (tabletop) lap, (leg) láb
    Coordinate term: (chair) szék
  2. (graphical user interface) desktop (main graphical user interface of an operating system)

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Possessive forms of asztal
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. asztalom asztalaim
2nd person sing. asztalod asztalaid
3rd person sing. asztala asztalai
1st person plural asztalunk asztalaink
2nd person plural asztalotok asztalaitok
3rd person plural asztaluk asztalaik

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Descendants
  • → Ottoman Turkish: اسطال‎ (astal)

Further reading
  • asztal in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • asztal in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)
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