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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bolzina.
Cognates
Cognate with
Russian болозно (bolozno,
“thick plank”),
Slovene blazina (“cushion”). Compare
Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱 (barəziš,
“cushion, cover”),
Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃 (balgs,
“wineskin”),
German Balg (“fell”),
Persian بالش (bâleš,
“pillow”),
Armenian բարձ (barj),
Old Prussian balsinis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blǎzina/
- Hyphenation: bla‧zi‧na
Noun
blàzina f (Cyrillic spelling бла̀зина)
- (regional, rare, Croatia) pillow
1982, Branko Hećimović, Izabrane slovenske drame:Soba je velika ali vrlo niska i u strahovitom neredu; strop je drven i potamnio; pod je zemljan; u kutu napola srušena peć; uza zidove iskrivljene klupe; slijeva, uz samu peć, velika blazina na podu.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2011, Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Čudnovate zgode šegrta Hlapića:Zato ona metne u krevet kraljevne jedno zrno graška, a na nj tri slamnjače i devet blazina. 'Osjeti li grašak preko tri slamnjače i devet blazina, onda ću znati, da je prava ...- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (regional, rare, Croatia) cushion
Declension
Synonyms
Further reading
- “blazina”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024