Kranj

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Slovene Kranj, from Proto-Slavic *Korňь, borrowed from Latin Carnium, from Carnī, the name of a Celtic tribe, probably from Proto-Celtic *karnos (“cairn”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-nó-s (“head, top; horn”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krâːɲ/

Proper noun

Krȃnj m inan (Cyrillic spelling Кра̑њ)

  1. Kranj (a city in Slovenia)

Declension

Declension of Kranj
singular
nominative Kranj
genitive Kranja
dative Kranju
accusative Kranj
vocative Kranju
locative Kranju
instrumental Kranjem

References

  1. ^ Snoj, Marko (2009), Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen, Ljubljana: Modrijan, page 210

Further reading

  • “Kranj”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kràːn/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Kránj m animacy unspecified (relational adjective kránjski, demonym Kranjčan, female demonym Kranjčanka)

  1. Kranj (a city in Slovenia)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nominative Kránj
genitive Kránja
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		Kránj
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		Kránja
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		Kránju
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		Kránj
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		Kránju
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		Kránjem

Further reading

  • “Kranj”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026
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