dunja

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From earlier gdȕnja, from Proto-Slavic *kъduňa, from Latin cydōnia, from Ancient Greek Κυδωνία (Kudōnía, “quince-tree”).

Noun

dȕnja f (Cyrillic spelling ду̏ња)

  1. quince (tree and fruit)
Declension
Declension of dunja
singular plural
nominative dunja dunje
genitive dunje dunja
dative dunji dunjama
accusative dunju dunje
vocative dunjo dunje
locative dunji dunjama
instrumental dunjom dunjama

Etymology 2

From earlier dȕhnja, from Proto-Slavic *duxъna.

Noun

dȕnja f (Cyrillic spelling ду̏ња)

  1. (regional) bed cover filled with feathers, duvet, eiderdown
    • 1941, “Istruli mi dunja u fioci”:
      Istruli mi dunja u fioci,
      moj je dragi u Dražinoj vojsci.
      My duvet will go to waste in the drawer, forthy my dear is in the Dražina army.
Declension
Declension of dunja
singular plural
nominative dunja dunje
genitive dunje dunja
dative dunji dunjama
accusative dunju dunje
vocative dunjo dunje
locative dunji dunjama
instrumental dunjom dunjama
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