икебана

Serbo-Croatian

noun

Definitions

A person or a thing on a visible position, but of no importance (similar to English expression "just a decoration").
ikebanaikebana
mishmash

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 生け花 (ikebana, flower arrangement, living flowers).

Origin

Japanese

生け花

Gloss

ikebana, flower arrangement, living flowers

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

ikebana English
ikebana Finnish
икебана Russian
икэбана Russian
continuative or stem form of verb m Japanese
to make something live Japanese
生け Japanese
生ける Japanese
生け花 Japanese
花 Japanese
連用形 Japanese
ikebana Polish
ikebana Serbo-Croatian
ikebana Indonesian
икебана Macedonian

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