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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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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
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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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