боровинка

From бо́ров (bórov, “pine (adj.)”) +‎ -инка (-inka, feminine suffix). Compare Czech borůvka, Polish borówka, and Serbo-Croatian боровница for similar derivations.

• IPA^(key): [boroˈviŋkɐ]

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борови́нка • (borovínka) f (relational adjective борови́нков)

1. blueberry bush (bush of genus Vaccinium)
2. blueberry fruit (black or reddish acidic berry used for food, for making drinks, in medicine)

• “боровинка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “боровинка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бор; боровинка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 67

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *borovъka.

• IPA^(key): [bɔˈrɔviŋka]

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боровинка • (borovinka) f

1. blueberry

   Synonym: боровница (borovnica)