boranija

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بورانیه (buraniye), from Arabic بُورَانِيَّة (būrāniyya), from بُورَان (būrān), Arabicized form of Persian پوران (purân).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /borǎnija/
  • Hyphenation: bo‧ra‧ni‧ja
  • Rhymes: -ija

Noun

borànija f (Cyrillic spelling бора̀нија)

  1. (Bosnia, regional Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro) string bean, green bean
    Synonyms: fažòleta, màhuna, zèlenī grȁh

Declension

    Declension of boranija
singular plural
nominative boranija boranije
genitive boranije boranija
dative boraniji boranijama
accusative boraniju boranije
vocative boranijo boranije
locative boraniji boranijama
instrumental boranijom boranijama

Further reading

  • “boranija”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
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