Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قاشیق (kaşık, spoon).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kǎʃika/
  • Hyphenation: ка‧ши‧ка

Noun

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ка̀шика f (Latin spelling kàšika)

  1. spoon

Usage notes

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The terms is predominant in literary Bosnian and Serbian. The term is also heavily used in regional Croatia, but the preferred literary term is жли̏ца.

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