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blazina

blazina

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

blàzinja

Noun

blàzina f ‎(Cyrillic spelling бла̀зина)

(regional, rare, Croatia) pillow
(regional, rare, Croatia) cushion

Declension

Declension of blazina

	singular	plural
nominative	blazina	blazine
genitive	blazine	blazina
dative	blazini	blazinama
accusative	blazinu	blazine
vocative	blazino	blazine
locative	blazini	blazinama
instrumental	blazinom	blazinama

Synonyms

jàstuk
pȅrina / pērnica
pòdglāvlje
poduška (archaic)
(Ragusan): tùndjela
ùzglavak / ùzglāvlje / ùzglāvnica
(Croatian): vȁnkūš / vȁnjkūš

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bolzina, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- ‎(“to swell”), cognate with Russian болозно ‎(bolozno, “thick plank”), Slovene blazina ‎(“cushion”). Compare Avestan [script needed] 𐬠𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱 ‎(barəziš, “cushion, cover”), Old Church Slavonic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌲𐍃 ‎(“wineskin”), German Balg ‎(“fell”), Persian ‎(bâleš, “pillow”), Armenian բարձ ‎(barj), Old Prussian balsinis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /blǎzina/
Hyphenation: bla‧zi‧na