uzglavlje

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• ùzglāvnica (Risanese)
• ùzglavak (Slavonian)

Etymology

• uz- +‎ glava +‎ -lje - "an item placed against the head"

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǔzɡlaːʋʎe/

Noun

ùzglāvlje n (Cyrillic spelling у̀згла̄вље)

1. pillow

   Synonyms: jàstuk; pȅrina, pērnica; pòdglāvlje

Synonyms

• (Croatian) blàzina / blàzinja
• poduška (archaic)
• (Ragusan) tùndjela
• (Croatian) vȁnkūš / vȁnjkūš

Further reading

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