дюля

See also: дуля and дула

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier ду́ля (dúlja), гду́ля (gdúlja) and гду́ня (gdúnja), from Proto-Slavic *kъduňa, from Latin cydōnia, from Ancient Greek Κυδωνία (Kudōnía, quince-tree).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdʲu̟lʲɐ]
  • Audio (Standard Bulgarian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ulʲɐ
  • Homophone: Дюля (Djulja)
  • Syllabification(key): дю‧ля

Noun

дю́ля • (djúljaf (relational adjective дю́лев, diminutive дю́лка or дю́лица or дю́личка)

  1. quince, quince tree
  2. quince (fruit)

Declension

Declension of дю́ля
singular plural
indefinite дю́ля
djúlja
дю́ли
djúli
definite дю́лята
djúljata
дю́лите
djúlite

Descendants

  • Albanian: dune

References

  • дюля”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • дюля”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • дюля”, in ЛексИт [LexIt] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “дюля”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 469