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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Old Church Slavonic ковьчегъ (kovĭčegŭ) from Middle Mongol ᠬᠠᠭᠤᠷᠴᠠᠭ (qaɣurčag) presumably through a Turkic language. Compare Mongolian хуурцаг (xuurcag).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kǒʋt͡ʃeɡ/
- Hyphenation: kov‧čeg
Noun
kòvčeg m (Cyrillic spelling ко̀вчег)
- case
- suitcase
Declension
Further reading
- “kovčeg” in Hrvatski jezični portal