kukuruz

See also: Kukuruz

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Unknown, but perhaps from Ottoman Turkish قوقوروز (kukuruz, “maize”), from Albanian kokërrëz, from kokërr (“bead, pellet, grain”).

First attested as kukuruza 'buckwheat, Fagopyrum' in 17th-century Ivan Belostenec's Gazophylacium. Actual maize was introduced to Croatia from Southern Europe around 1611, and soon spread further into Balkans. In modern form and meaning since 1727

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kukǔruz/
• Hyphenation: ku‧ku‧ruz

Noun

kukùruz m (Cyrillic spelling куку̀руз)

1. corn
2. maize

Declension

Declension of kukuruz

	singular	plural
nominative	kukuruz	kukuruzi
genitive	kukuruza	kukuruza
dative	kukuruzu	kukuruzima
accusative	kukuruz	kukuruze
vocative	kukuruze	kukuruzi
locative	kukuruzu	kukuruzima
instrumental	kukuruzom	kukuruzima

Derived terms

• kukurúza

References

“kukuruz” in Hrvatski jezični portal