dunja
Serbo-Croatian
editEtymology 1
editFrom earlier gdȕnja, from Proto-Slavic *kъduňa, from Latin cydōnia, from Ancient Greek Κυδωνία (Kudōnía, “quince-tree”).
Noun
editdȕnja f (Cyrillic spelling ду̏ња)
- quince (tree and fruit)
Declension
editDeclension of dunja
Etymology 2
editFrom earlier dȕhnja, from Proto-Slavic *duxъna.
Noun
editdȕnja 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.
Declension
editCategories:
- Serbo-Croatian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Latin
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns
- Regional Serbo-Croatian
- Serbo-Croatian terms with quotations
- sh:Pome fruits
- sh:Fruits
- sh:Bedding