boranija
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بورانیه (buraniye), from Arabic بُورَانِيَّة (būrāniyya), from بُورَان (būrān), Arabicized form of Persian پوران (purân).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /borǎnija/
- Hyphenation: bo‧ra‧ni‧ja
- Rhymes: -ija
Noun
borànija f (Cyrillic spelling бора̀нија)
- (Bosnia, regional Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro) string bean, green bean
- Synonyms: fažòleta, màhuna, zèlenī grȁh
Declension
Declension of boranija
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | boranija | boranije |
| genitive | boranije | boranija |
| dative | boraniji | boranijama |
| accusative | boraniju | boranije |
| vocative | boranijo | boranije |
| locative | boraniji | boranijama |
| instrumental | boranijom | boranijama |
Further reading
- “boranija”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025