пруга

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prǫga.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpruɡa]

пруга • (pruga) f

1. stripe
2. railroad

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prǫga.

• IPA^(key): /prǔːɡa/
• Hyphenation: пру‧га

пру́га f (Latin spelling prúga)

1. stripe, bind, line
   • 1858, Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski, Putovanje po Bosni, page 42:

     Nad zobunom navuku dugi kaftan bez rukavah iz cèrvene jake turske svile sa žutima prugama.

     Above their vests they put on a long sleeveless kaftan of strong red Turkish silk with yellow stripes.

2. railway track, railroad
   • 1898, Ivan Hoić, Slike iz obćega zemljopisa, book 5, part 1, page 152:

     U Moskvi se sastaje šest najznamenitijih željezničkih pruga dalekoga ruskoga carstva.

     The six most notable railway lines of the distant Russian tsardom meet in Moscow.

   • 1969, Slobodan Manojlović, “Polet mladosti”, in Republiko, slavo naša!:

     Mišice mlade radnih brigada:
     kroz njih nek zbori visoka svijest!
     Preko planina, preko dolina,
     probiće prugu snažna nam pest.

     The young muscles of the work-brigades:
     Through them let high consciousness speak!
     Over the mountains, over the valleys,
     Our mighty fist will hammer out a railway.