Etymology

Borrowed from a South SlavicCategory:Hungarian terms borrowed from South Slavic languages#KOSARCategory:Hungarian terms derived from South Slavic languages#KOSAR language, compare Serbo-Croatian košara, Slovene košara. The meaning “rejection” came into use in analogy with German Korb (“basket; rejection”), which in turn is due to a medieval custom of giving a bottomless basket as a symbol of unrequited love.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkoʃaːr]Category:Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation#KOSAR

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• Rhymes: -aːrCategory:Rhymes:Hungarian/aːr#KOSARCategory:Rhymes:Hungarian/aːr/2 syllables#KOSAR
• Hyphenation: ko‧sár

Noun

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1. basket (round lightweight container, especially one that is woven)
   • 1896, Dezső Szomory, “Verebek”, in Mesekönyv‎:

     Aztán gyorsan, kosárral a karján, a piacra sietett.

     Then, with a basket on her arm, she quickly hurried to the market.

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2. basketful (amount that will fit into a basket)
   • 1915, “Adományok”, in Nagykőrös és Vidéke‎, volume 5, number 47:

     Kafan Józsefné: 5 üveg befőtt, 1 kosár dió, 1 zsák krumpli.

     Mrs. József Kafan: 5 jars of pickles, 1 basket of walnuts, 1 sack of potatoes.

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3. shopping basket (basket for carrying merchandise while shopping)
   • 2000, András Papp, “Post factum”, in Holmi‎, volume 12, number 5:

     Már csak egy vevő volt előttem, kosara gyorsan kiürült.

     There was only one customer in front of me now, her shopping basket emptied quickly.

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4. (by extension, InternetCategory:hu:Internet#KOSAR) cart, shopping cart (list of items marked for purchase in an online store)
   • 2013, Katalin Kapros Gönczi, Péter Csanádi, “9.2.3 Termék kosárba helyezése”, in Webprogramozás‎, volume II:

     Ahhoz hogy egy terméket a kosárba tudjunk helyezni, regisztrált vevőknek kell lennünk.

     To be able to add an item to your cart, you have to be a registered customer.

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5. bra cup (part of a bra that covers the breast, also used as a measurement of size)
   • 2010, “Fürdőruhamustra: telteknek ajánlunk fazonokat”, in Új Magyar Szó‎, volume 6, number 121:

     Csak azokkal a fazonokkal kísérletezzünk, amelyeknél a melltartó kosara rögzítve van.

     We should only experiment with those styles that have a bra with a fixed cup.

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6. (in set phrases) rejection, the mitten (typically of a marriage proposal, or refusal to dance)
   • 2002, Anikó Lukács, “Nemzeti divat a reformkori Pesten”, in Korall‎, number 10:

     Ugyanezen a bálon két leány minden frakkos férfinak kosarat adott.

     At the same ball, two girls refused to dance with every man who wore a tailcoat.

     (literally, “two girls gave baskets to every man”)

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7. the basket of a hot-air balloon, a crane or a crow’s nest
   • 2018, Donát Tépő, “Becsekkolás”, in Horizontmélye‎:

     A légijármű kosarában 20-an voltak, amikor a szél elragadta a ballont.

     There were 20 people in the aircraft’s basket when the wind seized the balloon.

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8. a concept or object relating to the team sport of basketball
   1. (colloquialCategory:Hungarian colloquialisms#KOSAR) basketball (sport with the objective of putting a ball through a hoop)
      • 2006, Dániel Tem, “Kedves sportos Gólya!”, in Ikszikszí‎, volume 11:

        Mint minden évben, természetesen idén is tudsz jelentkezni a legnépszerűbb sportokra: foci, úszás, kosár!

        Certainly, like every year, you can sign up again for the most popular sports: football, swimming, basketball!

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   2. (basketballCategory:hu:Basketball#KOSAR) basket (circular hoop from which a net is suspended)
      • 1996, Ferenc Deák, “Félrecsúszott magyar győzelmi lehetőségek Atlantában”, in Kapu, volume 9, number 9:

        Nevetséges amikor a góliátok nem bedobják, hanem beteszik a labdát a kosárba.

        It is ridiculous when these giants don’t throw but dunk the ball in the basket.

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   3. (basketballCategory:hu:Basketball#KOSAR) basket (putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points)
      • 1963, “Hosszabbítás után vereség az olaszoktól”, in Heti Híradó‎, volume 7, number 41:

        Az első kosarat Temesvári dobta, majd a magyar csapat elhúzott 10:3-ra.

        Temesvári scored the first basket, after which the Hungarian team pulled away to a 10-3 lead.

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References

Further reading

• kosár in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.