Serbian words starting with T

• tabèlatable (in a document)
• táblaa board (in a classroom), a blackboard; a sign, a plate (with a…
• tableta tablet (computer)
• tablètapill; tablet
• tàblicenumber plates
• tabua taboo (Gen. tabua)
• tač.item (abbreviation: tačka)
• tȁčancorrect, accurate (opposite of pogrešan)
• tȁčkaa full stop, a dot, a point; an item (of a law, a contract, an agenda)
• tȁčka dnȇvnōg rédaan agenda item, an item on the agenda
• tačka ključanjaboiling point
• tačnoexactly (Ne znam tačno)
• tȁčnōstaccuracy, precision; punctuality (feminine)
• tàdāthen (at that time)
• tȁgovatito tag (someone in a post or photo)
• tȃjthat; this (the one just mentioned, by you)
• tajkuna tycoon (usually disapproving)
• takavsuch, that kind of (a)
• takmíčēnjea competition (an event), a contest
• tàkōlike that, that way; so (to such a degree)
• tàkō daso (as a result: Kasnio sam, tako da…)
• tàkō jethat’s right
• tako štoby (doing: tako što je prestao da puši)
• tàkō ti je tȏthat’s how it is, that’s the way it is (a philosophical sign-off)
• tàkō tȏ ȉdēthat’s how it goes
• tàkođealso; too; likewise (in reply to a courtesy)
• takođeralso (Croatian; Serbian takođe)
• takozvaniso-called (only this form; short tzv.)
• tȁksaa fee (official), a duty (customs, stamp)
• tȁksenā mȁrkaa revenue stamp, fee stamp (proof of a paid fee)
• tàksitaxi
• taksi-službaa taxi service
• taksistaa taxi driver
• tȁlāsa wave (of water, sound, light; and of events)
• talasastwavy
• támadarkness (the ordinary word is mrak)
• támanjust right, exactly (of fit or timing; colloquial)
• tàman pòslano way!; the very idea!; certainly not! (indignant refusal)
• tamnocrvendark red
• tȁmnokosdark-haired
• tamnoplavdark blue
• tȁmothere
• tanakthin (not thick: a book, ice, a slice)
• tànjīrplate
• TanjugTanjug (the news agency)
• tapšatito pat (on the shoulder: po ramenu) (imperfective; perfective…
• TáraTara
• taska task (office jargon)
• tašnaa handbag
• tȁstfather-in-law (wife’s father)
• tȁštamother-in-law (wife’s mother)
• tastatúrakeyboard
• tȁtadad
• tatindad’s
• tàvanattic; loft
• teyou (short form of ti: Volim te); formal conjunction “and so” (Pao je…
• teatara theatre (= pozorište)
• tebeyou (Acc. and Gen. of ti)
• tebito you (Dat. of ti)
• tebrabro (slang; back-slang of brate)
• téčaan uncle (the husband of a parent’s sister)
• tečanliquid; fluent (of speech: tečno govoriti)
• tečno govoritito speak fluently
• tegetnavy blue (indeclinable: teget odelo)
• téglajar
• tèhničkā pòdrškatechnical support
• tehničkitechnical
• tèhničkī prȅgleda vehicle inspection, an MOT; a testing station
• tehnikatechnique; technology (equipment)
• tehnòloškī víšakredundancy; redundant staff
• teknot until (not before); merely, just (no more than)
• teksta text; an article (in a paper, online); lyrics (of a song)
• tekućirunning (tekuća voda, running water; tekući račun, a current account)
• tèkūćī ràčūncurrent account
• tel.tel. (abbreviation: telefon)
• teladcalves (the collective of tele)
• tèlecalf
• telèfōnphone, telephone
• telefoniratito phone, to call (both aspects)
• telegrama telegram
• tȅleskopa telescope
• televizijatelevision
• televizora television set, a TV
• tȇlobody
• temaa topic, a subject
• tèmelja foundation (of a building; and figuratively, of anything)
• temeljiti seto be founded (on: na + Loc.) (imperfective)
• TemišvarTimișoara
• temperàmentanspirited, lively, fiery
• temperatúratemperature; fever
• ténistennis
• tèōrijatheory
• teorijskitheoretical (teorijski okvir, a theoretical framework)
• tèpihcarpet; rug
• tepsijaa baking tray (= pleh)
• terapèuta therapist, a psychotherapist
• teràpijatherapy; medication, treatment (prescribed by a doctor)
• teràsaterrace
• teratito chase away, to drive off (imperfective; Ijekavian tjerati)
• TeràzijeTerazije (a square in central Belgrade; plural only); in lower case…
• tèrēna pitch, a court (for sport); terrain
• tèreta load, a burden (also figurative); cargo; an encumbrance on a…
• teretànagym
• teritorijaa territory
• tèrmīnan appointment, a time slot; a term (technical)
• tèrmīn pȍrođājadue date
• termìnālterminal (airport)
• terminològijaterminology
• teškowith difficulty, hard (it’s hard to…); hardly (unlikely)
• teško dahardly, it is unlikely that
• tȅško se čìtāit’s a hard read, it’s hard to read
• tespihprayer beads
• tȅsta test (at school)
• testàmenta will (the document)
• testenìnapasta
• testèrasaw
• testírānjetesting
• testíratito test (biaspectual)
• tȇstodough
• tȅtkaaunt
• tetkinaunt's (tetkina kuća, an aunt's house)
• tézaa thesis, a claim (argued in a paper); a dissertation (doctoral)
• téžakheavy; difficult, hard (a task); severe (an illness)
• tèzgamarket stall, workbench; a side gig (colloquial; friends only)
• težìnaweight
• težitito weigh (Koliko teži?); to strive (for) (imperfective)
• tȋyou (singular); to you (short form)
• ticati seto concern (+ Gen.: Šta se mene tiče?)
• tìgānjfrying pan
• tihquiet (tiši, quieter); tih is also «of those» (genitive plural of taj)
• Tȉha vòda brȇg rȍnīstill waters run deep (literally ‘quiet water wears away the bank’)
• tihoquietly, softly
• tik-taktick-tock
• tìketbetting slip
• tikvaa gourd (Pukla je tikva, it’s over between them)
• tȉkvicacourgette, zucchini
• tȋmteam
• time štoin that, by (doing; of credit or blame)
• timskiteamwork-related (timski rad, teamwork)
• timski igrača team player
• tinejdžera teenager
• tipa type (akcenatski tip, an accent type)
• tìrāžcirculation, a print run
• tišìnasilence, quiet
• tisućaa thousand (Croatian; Serbian hiljada)
• tìtlsubtitle
• TitovTito’s (Titova Jugoslavija)
• tj.i.e. (short for to jest)
• tjedana week (Croatian; Serbian nedelja, sedmica)
• tkȋvotissue (biological; cloth is tkanina)
• tkȍwho (Croatian; Serbian ko)
• toit, this (in To je…: that is…); the (in što… to…: the sooner, the…
• tȏ je tȅško izvòdljivothat’s hardly feasible, that’s hard to carry out (a softened no)
• tȏ je tȏthat’s it, that’s that (closing a matter); just the thing (approving)
• to jestthat is (i.e.)
• to mi je preko rukeit’s out of my way
• toàlettoilet
• toàlet pàpīrtoilet paper, toilet roll
• tobdžijaa gunner (archaic)
• tòboganslide
• tobožeso they claim (with disbelief); pretending, so-called
• tòčakwheel (the tyre on it is guma, the rim felna)
• tȍčeno pȉvodraught beer
• toka course, a flow (of events, a river); a stream (of cars, people)
• TokioTokyo (Gen. Tokija)
• tȏkomduring, in the course of (+ Gen.)
• tolerancijatolerance
• tolikoso much, so many; so (before an adjective)
• tona tone (of voice, of colour)
• tonutito be sinking (imperfective; perfective potonuti)
• topa cannon (spava kao top, to sleep like a log)
• tȍpaowarm (in temperature; and of a welcome or a person)
• topiti seto melt (of ice, snow; imperfective; without se: topiti, to melt…
• tȍplī òbroka meal allowance (literally ‘hot meal’)
• topljenjemelting
• tȍplowarm (it is warm)
• toplòtaheat (in physics); warmth (also of a person)
• toplovoda district-heating pipe
• topolaa poplar
• tórbabag
• tȍrbicasmall bag; handbag, purse; small pouch or case for carrying personal…
• tòrlačkīTorlak, Torlakian (of the south-eastern dialects, with almost no…
• tȏrtaa cake (layered, as for a birthday), gateau
• tràdīcijatradition
• trafikaa kiosk (newspapers, tobacco)
• traga trace, a track (ni traga ni glasa, neither hide nor hair)
• tragedijaa tragedy
• trájānjeduration, length (of time)
• trȁjatito last, to take (time)
• trȃjnī nálogstanding order
• trȃjnopermanently, for good
• trȁktortractor
• trȁmvājtram
• transkripcijatranscription (by sound)
• transliteracijatransliteration (letter for letter)
• tranzicijathe post-socialist transition
• traswham!, crash! (a blow, a fall)
• tràumatrauma, a psychological trauma (a physical injury is povreda)
• traumirantraumatised, shaken
• trávagrass
• travanjApril (Croatian; Serbian april)
• trȁžīm pȍvraćāj nóvcaI’m asking for a refund, I want a refund, I’d like a refund
• trážitito look for; to ask for; to demand (Tražim da dođeš); to ask for…
• trážiti dlȁku u jàjetuto nitpick (literally, to look for a hair in an egg)
• tr̀buhbelly, abdomen (bookish, medical; the organ is želudac)
• tr̀čānjerunning
• tr̀čatito run
• trebaone should, it is necessary (impersonal)
• trȅbatito be needed (by someone: + Dat.); should, ought to
• trećithird
• trećinaone third (1/3)
• trȅndtrend
• trénercoach
• tréningtraining
• treniratito train
• trenutaka moment, an instant
• trenutnoat the moment, currently
• trepnutito blink once (perfective of treptati)
• treptatito blink (imperfective; once: trepnuti)
• trȅsla se gòra, ròdio se mȉšthe mountain laboured and brought forth a mouse
• trȅšnjacherry
• tresnutito crash down, to slam (perfective)
• trestito shake (imperfective)
• trètmāntreatment
• tȓgsquare
• trgnuti seto give a start
• trgovaca trader, a merchant
• trgòvinatrade, commerce; a shop (mostly on signs)
• trȋthree
• tribinaa public debate with questions from the floor
• trídesetthirty
• tridesetakthirty or so
• trika trick
• trȉlerthriller
• trinaestthirteen
• triputthree times (= tri puta)
• tȑkarace
• tȑla bȁba lȁna waste of time, pointless busywork (just to pass the day)
• tȓna thorn (trn u oku, a thorn in one’s side)
• tȓn u ȍkua thorn in one’s side (literally, in the eye)
• trobojkaa tricolour (flag)
• trofeja trophy
• trojakoin three ways
• trojea group of three (children, mixed company)
• trojithree (with plural-only nouns: troje makaze, troja vrata)
• trojicathree (men: trojica braće)
• trojkaa three (a mark; a three-pointer in basketball)
• troléjbustrolleybus
• trȍšakexpense; cost
• troseda three-seater sofa
• trošitito spend (imperfective of potrošiti)
• trosobanthree-room
• trospratanthree-storey
• trospratnicaa three-storey house
• trostruktriple, threefold
• trotòāra pavement; a sidewalk (American)
• trougaoa triangle
• tr̀pezafestive table
• trúbaa trumpet
• trubača trumpeter
• trudeffort, hard work (zahvaljujući tvom trudu)
• trúditi seto try hard, to make an effort (imperfective)
• trúdnapregnant
• trúdničkīmaternity (of clothes), for pregnant women; pregnancy-related
• trudnòćapregnancy
• tȑžišnā inspèkcijathe market inspectorate, trading standards
• tȑžīštea market (economic; a food market is pijaca)
• tȑžnī cȅntarshopping centre; shopping mall
• tȗhere, there (close by); that (Acc. feminine of taj)
• tucanje jajimaegg tapping (the Easter game: whose egg stays whole)
• tuđsomeone else’s, other people’s
• tȕđenot yours; someone else's property
• tufàhijetufahije (poached apples stuffed with walnuts)
• túgasadness, sorrow
• tȕlipāntulip
• tumačan interpreter
• tumáčēnjean interpretation
• tumáčitito interpret (a text, a law; imperfective)
• tȗmora tumour (masculine)
• tȕrbo-folkturbo-folk (the pop genre built on folk tunes and electronic beats)
• Turčina Turk (plural Turci; pod Turcima, under Ottoman rule)
• turcizama Turkism
• tùristatourist
• turistkinjaa woman tourist
• turìzamtourism
• turnejaa tour
• TùrskāTurkey (the country)
• turskiTurkish (turskog porekla, of Turkish origin)
• tuša shower; Indian ink
• tȕšīrām seI take a shower
• túžansad
• tùžbaa lawsuit, a statement of claim (to a court; the case itself is…
• túženīa defendant, a respondent (in a civil case; the accused is okrivljeni)
• tùžilaca prosecutor (in a criminal case); a claimant, a plaintiff (in a…
• tùžilāštvothe prosecutor’s office
• túžitito sue someone, to take to court; to tell on someone (colloquial)
• tužnosadly; it’s sad
• tviteraša Twitter (X) user
• tvojyour (to one person: ti); yours (ti)
• tvornicaa factory (Croatian; Serbian fabrika)
• tvȓdhard; firm, unyielding (of a person, a stance); sound (of sleep)
• tvŕditito claim, to assert (imperfective)
• tvŕdnjaan assertion, a claim
• tvȑdoglavstubborn
• tvrđavaa fortress
• tzv.so-called (short for takozvani)