potnik
Potnik is a Slovene noun meaning passenger or traveler. It denotes a person who travels as a passenger, typically in the context of public transportation such as trains, buses, trams, or airplanes. The term is common in standard Slovenian and appears in travel documents, timetables, and official announcements. The plural form is potniki.
The word is derived from the stem pot- meaning a journey or path, combined with the agent
In neutral usage, potnik is used for descriptive contexts and can appear in phrases such as "potnik
In neighboring languages, traveler is typically expressed with different terms, underscoring potnik’s Slovenian-specific form.