blazinja

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bolzina, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (to swell), 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): /blǎziɲa/
  • Hyphenation: bla‧zi‧nja

Noun

blàzinja f (Cyrillic spelling бла̀зиња)

  1. (regional, Croatia) pillow
  2. (regional, Croatia) cushion

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