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

Further reading

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