диня

See also: дина and диња

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dyňa (from an earlier *kъdyňa, borrowed from Latin cydōnea).

Noun

ди́ня • (dínja) f

1. watermelon (in Eastern Bulgaria)
2. melon (in Western Bulgaria)

Synonyms

• пъпеш (pǎpeš) (melon)

References

• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 393

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Ukrainian

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Noun

ди́ня • (dýnja) f inan (genitive ди́ні, nominative plural ди́ні)

1. watermelon

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “диня”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka