Azijat
АзијатAzìjat · masc.
NOUN
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colloq. Asian manRekao je da je u radnju ušao neki Azijat. — He said some Asian guy came into the shop.
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derog. dated barbarian; boorPonaša se za stolom kao pravi azijat. — He behaves at the table like a real barbarian.
In its literal sense of an Asian person the word can be neutral, though Azijac is the safer neutral term. The figurative sense “barbarian; boor” is an old ethnic stereotype, found mainly in older texts, and is offensive.
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Updated 29 October 2026