koban

See also: kōban

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 小判(こばん) (koban).

Alternative forms

Noun

koban (plural kobans)

  1. An oval gold coin in the Edo period of feudal Japan.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 交番(こうばん) (kōban).

Noun

koban (plural kobans)

  1. A small community police office or a police box, especially one in Japan.

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

koban

  1. Rōmaji transcription of こばん

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

kȏb (“fate, omen”) +‎ -an.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kôːban/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧ban

Adjective

kȏban (definite kȏbnī, Cyrillic spelling ко̑бан)

  1. fatal, baleful, ominous
  2. tragic, unlucky

Declension
indefinite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative koban kobna kobno
genitive kobna kobne kobna
dative kobnu kobnoj kobnu
accusative inanimate
animate		 koban
kobna		 kobnu kobno
vocative koban kobna kobno
locative kobnu kobnoj kobnu
instrumental kobnim kobnom kobnim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative kobni kobne kobna
genitive kobnih kobnih kobnih
dative kobnim(a) kobnim(a) kobnim(a)
accusative kobne kobne kobna
vocative kobni kobne kobna
locative kobnim(a) kobnim(a) kobnim(a)
instrumental kobnim(a) kobnim(a) kobnim(a)
definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative kobni kobna kobno
genitive kobnog(a) kobne kobnog(a)
dative kobnom(u/e) kobnoj kobnom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate		 kobni
kobnog(a)		 kobnu kobno
vocative kobni kobna kobno
locative kobnom(e/u) kobnoj kobnom(e/u)
instrumental kobnim kobnom kobnim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative kobni kobne kobna
genitive kobnih kobnih kobnih
dative kobnim(a) kobnim(a) kobnim(a)
accusative kobne kobne kobna
vocative kobni kobne kobna
locative kobnim(a) kobnim(a) kobnim(a)
instrumental kobnim(a) kobnim(a) kobnim(a)
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