avlija

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آولو (avlu, avlı), from Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- + *-leh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǎʋlija/
• Hyphenation: av‧li‧ja
• Rhymes: -ija

Noun

àvlija f (Cyrillic spelling а̀влија)

1. yard, front yard

   Synonym: dvòrīšte

Declension

Declension of avlija

	singular	plural
nominative	avlija	avlije
genitive	avlije	avlija
dative	avliji	avlijama
accusative	avliju	avlije
vocative	avlijo	avlije
locative	avliji	avlijama
instrumental	avlijom	avlijama

Further reading

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