Magyar

Danube basin ethnicity

Magyar refers to the Hungarian people, their language, or things relating to Hungary.

It's the word Hungarians use for themselves and their language in their own tongue: She spoke Magyar at home but German at school.

In English, Magyar appears mainly in historical, ethnic, or linguistic contexts where "Hungarian" might seem imprecise or too broad.

Hungary

Budapest

Hungarian capital city

culture

goulash

Paprika-seasoned meat stew

Liszt

history

Habsburgs

Austrian imperial dynasty

conquest · Ottoman · 1848 · revolution · communism · 1956 · uprising · kingdom · crown · dualism

language

agglutinative

Morphemes chained, roots intact

isolate · Finnish · Estonian · conjugation · definite · indefinite · accusative · dative · phonology · stress

Categories
Opposites
national/ethnic identity

MagyarRomanian

Person from Bucharest's country

Slovak · Serb · Croat · Austrian · Slav

linguistic classification

MagyarSlavic

Of certain Eastern Europeans

Indo-European · Germanic · Romance · Latin · Romanian

ethnic/national identity

MagyarRomanian

Person from Bucharest's country

Slovak · Slavic · Serbian · Croatian · Austrian

Family

Hungary, Hungarian, Hungarians

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