Kranj

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Slovene Kranj, from Proto-Slavic *Korňь, borrowed from Latin Carnium, from Carnī, the name of a Celtic tribe, probably from Proto-Celtic *karnos (“cairn”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-nó-s (“head, top; horn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krâːɲ/

Proper noun

Krȃnj m (Cyrillic spelling Кра̑њ)

1. Kranj (a city in Slovenia)

Declension

Declension of Kranj

	singular
nominative	Kranj
genitive	Kranja
dative	Kranju
accusative	Kranj
vocative	Kranju
locative	Kranju
instrumental	Kranjem

References

• “Kranj”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kràːn/

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Proper noun

Kránj m

1. Kranj (a city in Slovenia)

Inflection

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Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nominative	Kránj
genitive	Kránja
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Kránj
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Kránja
dative (dajȃlnik)	Kránju
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Kránj
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Kránju
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Kránjem

Derived terms

• Kranjčan
• Kranjčanka
• kránjski

 

Further reading

• “Kranj”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “Kranj”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references