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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *dyňa (from an earlier *kъdyňa, borrowed from Latin cydōnea).
Pronunciation
Noun
ди́ня • (dínja) f
- watermelon (in Eastern Bulgaria)
- melon (in Western Bulgaria)
Declension
Synonyms
References
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дѝня”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 393
Ukrainian
Etymology
From Old East Slavic дꙑнꙗ (dynja), from Proto-Slavic *dyňa.
Pronunciation
Noun
ди́ня • (dýnja) f inan (genitive ди́ні, nominative plural ди́ні, genitive plural динь, relational adjective ди́нний)
- melon
Declension
Declension of ди́ня (inan soft fem-form accent-a)
References