дуња

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See also: Дуња and дюна

Macedonian

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъduňa, from Latin cydōnia, from Ancient Greek Κυδωνία (Kudōnía, “quince-tree”).

Noun

дуња • (dunja) f

  1. quince
Declension
Declension of дуња
singular plural
indefinite дуња (dunja) дуњи (dunji)
definite unspecified дуњата (dunjata) дуњите (dunjite)
definite proximal дуњава (dunjava) дуњиве (dunjive)
definite distal дуњана (dunjana) дуњине (dunjine)
vocative дуњо (dunjo) дуњи (dunji)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دنیا (dünya) (Turkish dünya), from Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā).

Noun

дуња • (dunja) f (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, uncountable) world, earth
Declension
Declension of дуња
singular
indefinite дуња (dunja)
definite unspecified дуњата (dunjata)
definite proximal дуњава (dunjava)
definite distal дуњана (dunjana)
vocative дуњо (dunjo)
Derived terms

References

  • “дуња” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
  • Belčev, Tole (2016) “дуња”, in Речник на турцизми, архаизми, дијалектизми и ретко употребувани зборови во македонскиот јазик [Dictionary of Turkisms, Archaisms, Dialectisms and Rarely Used Words in the Macedonian Language]‎ (in Macedonian), Štip: UGD, →ISBN, page 52

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From earlier гду̏ња, from Proto-Slavic *kъduňa, from Latin cydōnia, from Ancient Greek Κυδωνία (Kudōnía, “quince-tree”).

Noun

ду̏ња f (Latin spelling dȕnja)

  1. quince (tree and fruit)
Declension
Declension of дуња
singular plural
nominative дуња дуње
genitive дуње дуња
dative дуњи дуњама
accusative дуњу дуње
vocative дуњо дуње
locative дуњи дуњама
instrumental дуњом дуњама

Etymology 2

From earlier ду̏хња, from Proto-Slavic *duxъna.

Noun

ду̏ња f (Latin spelling dȕnja)

  1. (regional) bed cover filled with feathers, duvet, eiderdown
    • 1941, “Иструли ми дуња у фиоци”:
      Иструли ми дуња у фиоци,
      мој је драги у Дражиној војсци.
      My duvet will go to waste in the drawer, forthy my dear is in the Dražina army.
Declension
Declension of дуња
singular plural
nominative дуња дуње
genitive дуње дуња
dative дуњи дуњама
accusative дуњу дуње
vocative дуњо дуње
locative дуњи дуњама
instrumental дуњом дуњама
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