dilkuša

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دلكشا (dilküşa), from Persian دل (del, “heart”) + گشودن (gušadan, “to open”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dǐlkuʃa/
• Hyphenation: dil‧ku‧ša

Noun

dìlkuša f (Cyrillic spelling дѝлкуша)

1. (regional) songbird, usually nightingale

References

• “dilkuša” in Hrvatski jezični portal