Strahinja ( sr-cyr, Страхиња) is a Serbian given name. The name is
pagan
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and dates back to
medieval Serbia
Serbia in the Middle Ages refers to the medieval period in the history of Serbia. The period begins in the 6th century with the Slavic migrations to Southeastern Europe, and lasts until the Ottoman conquest of Serbian lands in the second half ...
, where it is first attested in 1322 as 'Страхинья'.
[Moroshkin, Mikhail. ''Славянский именослов, или, Собраніе славянских личных имен в алфавитном порядкѣ.'' Saint Petersburg: n.p., 1867.]
The meaning of the word ''strah'' is 'fear' (from
Proto-Slavic
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''
*straxъ''), and ''-inja'' is an
augmentative
An augmentative (abbreviated ) is a morphological form of a word which expresses greater intensity, often in size but also in other attributes. It is the opposite of a diminutive.
Overaugmenting something often makes it grotesque and so in so ...
. Strahinja thus means 'Great Fear, Dread, or Horror'.
Nicknames can include Strale, Straja, Strajo, Straha, Straho, Stašo, Staško, Strašo, Straško, Strajin, Strajan, Strajko, Strahac, Strahinjica and Strajovina (Ctraja-Ctrlaja).
People
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Strahinja Banović is the protagonist of the eponymous
Serbian epic poem and
film
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...
; he may be identified with the historical figure
Đurađ II Stracimirović Balšić
Đurađ ( sr-Cyrl, Ђурађ, ; ) is a Serbian masculine given name, derived from the Greek '' Georgios''. It is also transliterated as Djuradj.
It is, along with the variant ''Đorđe'', the equivalent of the English ''George''. It was widespr ...
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Strahinja Jovančević, Serbian long jumper
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Strahinja Lazović, Serbian squash player
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Strahinja Milošević
Strahinja Milošević (Serbian Cyrillic: Страхиња Милошевић; born September 25, 1985) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Falco KC of the Hungarian Basketball League.
While playing for Partizan, from 2007 to 2010, Mi ...
, Serbian basketball player
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Strahinja Pavlović
Strahinja Pavlović (; born 24 May 2001) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg and the Serbia national team.
Club career
Partizan
2015–2018: Youth years
Born in ...
, Serbian footballer
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Strahinja Petrović
Strahinja Petrović ( sr-cyrl, Страхиња Петровић; born 14 June 1992) is a Serbian Association football, footballer who plays for FK Loznica, Loznica in the Serbian First League.
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Strahinja Petrović ...
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Strahinja Stanišić, Serbian alpine skier
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Strahinja Stojačić, Serbian basketball player
See also
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Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević
Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević (; 17 February 1865 – 29 October 1908) was a Croatian poet. His reflexive poetry, reaching its zenith in the 1890s, was a turning point that ushered modern themes in Croatian poetry.
Early life
Kranjčevi ...
is a 19th-century
Croatian poet. ("mir" meaning "peace")
References
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Slavic masculine given names
Serbian masculine given names