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дуња

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See also: Дуња and дюна

Macedonian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈduɲa]
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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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дуња (dunjaf

  1. quince
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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

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

Noun

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дуња (dunjaf (uncountable)

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

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  • дуња” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − 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]‎[1] (in Macedonian), Štip: UGD, →ISBN, page 52

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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ду̏ња f (Latin spelling dȕnja)

  1. quince (tree and fruit)
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Etymology 2

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From earlier ду̏хња, from Proto-Slavic *duxъna.

Noun

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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.
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