See also: Дуња and дюна

Macedonian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈduɲa]
  • (file)

Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъduňa, from Latin cydōnia, from Ancient Greek Κυδωνία (Kudōnía, quince-tree).

Noun edit

дуња (dunjaf

  1. quince
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Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دنیا (dünya) (Turkish dünya), from Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā).

Noun edit

дуња (dunjaf (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, uncountable) world, earth
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Derived terms edit

References edit

  • дуња” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
  • Belčev, Tole (2016) “дуња”, in Речник на турцизми, архаизми, дијалектизми и ретко употребувани зборови во македонскиот јазик [Dictionary of Turkisms, Archaisms, Dialectisms and Rarely Used Words in the Macedonian Language]‎[1] (in Macedonian), Štip: UGD, →ISBN, page 52

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From earlier гду̏ња, from Proto-Slavic *kъduňa, from Latin cydōnia, from Ancient Greek Κυδωνία (Kudōnía, quince-tree).

Noun edit

ду̏ња f (Latin spelling dȕnja)

  1. quince (tree and fruit)
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Etymology 2 edit

From earlier ду̏хња, from Proto-Slavic *duxъna.

Noun edit

ду̏ња f (Latin spelling dȕnja)

  1. (regional) bed cover filled with feathers, duvet, eiderdown
    • 1941, “Иструли ми дуња у фиоци”:
      Иструли ми дуња у фиоци,
      мој је драги у Дражиној војсци.
      My duvet will go to waste in the drawer, forthy my dear is in the Dražina army.
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