blazinja

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• blàzina

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bolzina, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”), cognate with Russian болозно (bolozno, “thick plank”), Slovene blazina (“cushion”). Compare Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱 (bar^əziš, “cushion, cover”), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃 (balgs, “wineskin”), German Balg (“fell”), Persian بالش (bâleš, “pillow”), Armenian բարձ (barj), Old Prussian balsinis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blǎziɲa/
• Hyphenation: bla‧zi‧nja

Noun

blàzinja f (Cyrillic spelling бла̀зиња)

1. (regional, Croatia) pillow
2. (regional, Croatia) cushion

Declension

Declension of blazinja

	singular	plural
nominative	blazinja	blazinje
genitive	blazinje	blazinja
dative	blazinji	blazinjama
accusative	blazinju	blazinje
vocative	blazinjo	blazinje
locative	blazinji	blazinjama
instrumental	blazinjom	blazinjama

Synonyms

• jàstuk
• pȅrina / pērnica
• pòdglāvlje
• poduška (archaic)
• (Ragusan): tùndjela
• ùzglavak / ùzglāvlje / ùzglāvnica
• (Croatian): vȁnkūš / vȁnjkūš