kovčeg

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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)

  1. case
  2. suitcase

Declension

Further reading

  • kovčeg” in Hrvatski jezični portal