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zuhany

From the same onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) root as zuhan + -any (noun-forming suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.[1]

  • IPA(key): [ˈzuɦɒɲ]
  • Hyphenation: zu‧hany
  • Rhymes: -ɒɲ

zuhany (plural zuhanyok)

  1. shower (a device for bathing by which water is made to fall on the body from a height, either from a tank or by the action of a pump)
  2. (figuratively) cold water, damper, shock (an unexpected turn of events, an unpleasant surprise, or sobering discovery that has an effect similar to a sudden cold shower)
    A hír jeges zuhanyként ért. ― The news caught me by surprise. (literally, “The news affected me like an icy shower.”)

(Expressions):

  1. ^ zuhany in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  • zuhany 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