дуња

• IPA^(key): [ˈduɲa]

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

дуња • (dunja) f

1. quince

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دنیا (dünya) (Turkish dünya), from Arabic دُنْيَا (dunyā).

дуња • (dunja) f (uncountable)

1. (archaic, uncountable) world, earth

• дуњалук m (dunjaluk)

• “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

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

ду̏ња f (Latin spelling dȕnja)

1. quince (tree and fruit)

From earlier ду̏хња, from Proto-Slavic *duxъna.

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.