Traditional
Croatian Names for Months
Darko
Žubrinić, 2013
Croatia is one of very few European countries which has its own names
for months. And we are still using them, alongside with those based on
Latin names.
Latin
based names
for months |
Current
Croatian
names |
Other
Croatian names
in the past |
1. Januar |
Siječanj |
Malobožičnjak,
Pavlovščak, Prezimec |
2. Februar |
Veljača |
Svečen,
Veljak, Svičan |
3. Mart |
Ožujak |
Gregurjevščak,
Sušec, Protuletnjak |
4. April |
Travanj |
Jurjevščak,
Traven, Mali traven |
5. Maj |
Svibanj |
Filipovščak,
Rožnjak, Sviben |
6. Juni |
Lipanj |
Ivanščak,
Klasen, Rožencvet |
7. Juli |
Srpanj |
Jakopovščak,
Srpen, Mali srpanj |
8. August |
Kolovoz |
Velikomešnjak,
Kolovožnjak, Osemnik |
9.
Septembar |
Rujan |
Malomešnjak,
Rujen, Jesenščak |
10.
Oktobar |
Listopad |
Miholjščak,
Kozaprst, Desetnik |
11.
Novembar |
Studeni |
Vsesvetčak,
Veternjak, Zimščak |
12.
Decembar |
Prosinac |
Gruden,
Velikobožičnjak, Dvanajstnik |
The
table is based on
information provided by Catholic calenders issued by Danica, HKD sv.
Jeronima, Zagreb.
Croatia
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