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The Serbian cultural canon
| Serbian | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Vȗk Kàradžić | Vuk Karadžić, the reformer of Serbian language and script and collector of folk songs |
| Vȗkova refòrma | Vuk's reform, built on the principle 'write as you speak' |
| ćirìlica | the Cyrillic script, one of the two Serbian alphabets |
| latìnica | the Latin script, the other Serbian alphabet |
| Ándrić | Ivo Andrić, winner of the 1961 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| Na Drȉni ćùprija | The Bridge on the Drina, Andrić's best-known novel |
| nòbelovac | a Nobel laureate |
| Pávić | Milorad Pavić, author of Dictionary of the Khazars |
| Hàzārskī rȇčnīk | Dictionary of the Khazars, Pavić's novel written in the form of a lexicon |
| Kȉš | Danilo Kiš, the writer (not kiša, rain) |
| Cȑnjānskī | Miloš Crnjanski, author of the novel Seobe (Migrations) |
| Selímović | Meša Selimović, author of Death and the Dervish |
| Njȅgoš | Petar II Petrović Njegoš, poet and ruler of Montenegro |
| Gȍrskī vijénac | The Mountain Wreath, Njegoš's poem, written in the ijekavian variety |
| Nȕšić | Branislav Nušić, the comic playwright still staged today |
| Dèsānka Maksímović | Desanka Maksimović, one of the most widely read Serbian poets |
| Dòsitej Obrádović | Dositej Obradović, the eighteenth-century enlightener |
| Svȇtī Sáva | Saint Sava, the first Serbian archbishop; Savindan is the schools' feast day |
| národnā knjìževnōst | oral folk literature — songs, tales, proverbs |
| ȅpskā pȅsma | an epic song, the Serbian heroic verse tradition |
| ȇp | an epic |
| desetèrac | the decasyllable, the metre of Serbian epic verse |
| gùslār | a guslar, a singer of epic songs |
| Mȃrko Kràljević | Marko Kraljević, the central hero of Serbian epic song |
| hàjdūk | a hajduk, the outlaw-rebel figure of the Ottoman era and of folk epic |
| Kȍsovskī bȏj | the Battle of Kosovo (1389), around which a whole epic cycle formed |
| kȍlo | kolo, the Serbian round dance (igrati kolo = to dance it, not to play it) |
| sevdàlīnka | a sevdalinka, the slow urban love song (from sevdah, longing) |
| stȁrogrādskā mùzika | old urban song, the turn-of-the-century repertoire heard in kafanas |
| tȕrbo-folk | turbo-folk, the pop genre built on folk material with electronic arrangement |
| trúba | a trumpet; trubači are the brass bands central to weddings |
| frùla | the frula, a wooden shepherd's flute |
| Kùsturica | Emir Kusturica, the best-known film director abroad |
| Gȕča | Guča, the village and its annual brass-band festival |
| Ȅxit | Exit, the music festival held in the Petrovaradin fortress in Novi Sad |
| NIN-ova nagrada | the NIN Prize, the principal Serbian award for a novel |
| Màtica sȓpskā | Matica srpska, the oldest Serbian cultural society, based in Novi Sad |
| SANU | SANU, the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts |
| Kalemègdan | Kalemegdan, the fortress and park above the confluence of the Sava and the Danube |
| Skadàrlija | Skadarlija, Belgrade's old bohemian street of kafanas and live music |
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