heljda

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish helda), formed from German Heide- (“corn”, prefix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xêːʎda/, /xêʎda/
• Hyphenation: helj‧da

Noun

hȇljda, hȅljda f (Cyrillic spelling хе̑љда, хе̏љда)

1. buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)

   Synonyms: hajda, helda, jeljda, hajdina

References

• “heljda” in Hrvatski jezični portal