blazinja

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blǎziɲa/
  • Hyphenation: bla‧zi‧nja

Noun

blàzinja f (Cyrillic spelling бла̀зиња)

  1. (regional, Croatia) pillow
  2. (regional, Croatia) cushion

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