avlija

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آولو (avlu, avlı), from Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- + *-leh₂.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǎʋlija/
  • Hyphenation: av‧li‧ja
  • Rhymes: -ija

Noun

àvlija f (Cyrillic spelling а̀влија)

  1. yard, front yard
    Synonym: dvòrīšte

Declension

Declension of avlija
singular plural
nominative avlija avlije
genitive avlije avlija
dative avliji avlijama
accusative avliju avlije
vocative avlijo avlije
locative avliji avlijama
instrumental avlijom avlijama

Further reading

  • “avlija”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
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