dunja
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From earlier gdȕnja, from Proto-Slavic *kъduňa, from Latin cydōnia, from Ancient Greek Κυδωνία (Kudōnía, “quince-tree”).
Noun edit
dȕnja f (Cyrillic spelling ду̏ња)
- quince (tree and fruit)
Declension edit
Declension of dunja
Etymology 2 edit
From earlier dȕhnja, from Proto-Slavic *duxъna.
Noun edit
dȕnja f (Cyrillic spelling ду̏ња)
- (regional) bed cover filled with feathers, duvet, eiderdown
- 1941, “Istruli mi dunja u fioci”:
- Istruli mi dunja u fioci,
moj je dragi u Dražinoj vojsci.- My duvet will go to waste in the drawer, forthy my dear is in the Dražina army.