Macedonian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قورنه (kurna), from Middle Armenian գուռն (guṙn), from Classical Syriac ܓܘܪܢܐ (gūrnā), perhaps from Akkadian 𒄖𒊒𒌦𒉡 (/⁠gurunnu, garunnu⁠/, a small ritual jug, urn, or basin; possibly a mortar).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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курна (kurnaf (plural курни)

  1. (archaic) stone bathtub

Declension

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References

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  • Belčev, Tole (2016) “курна”, 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 102
  • курна” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu