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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
From earlier gdȕnja, from Proto-Slavic *kъduňa, from Latin cydōnia, from Ancient Greek Κυδωνία (Kudōnía, “quince-tree”).
Noun
dȕnja f (Cyrillic spelling ду̏ња)
- quince (tree and fruit)
Declension
Etymology 2
From earlier dȕhnja, from Proto-Slavic *duxъna.
Noun
dȕnja f (Cyrillic spelling ду̏ња)
- (regional) bed cover filled with feathers, duvet, eiderdown
1941, “Istruli mi dunja u fioci”:Istruli mi dunja u fioci,
moj je dragi u Dražinoj vojsci.- My duvet will go to waste in the drawer, forthy my dear is in the Dražina army.
Declension