heljda

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish helda), formed from German Heide- (“corn”, prefix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xêːʎda/, /xêʎda/
• Hyphenation: helj‧da

Noun

hȇljda or hȅljda f (Cyrillic spelling хе̑љда or хе̏љда)

1. buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)

   Synonyms: hajda, helda, jeljda, hajdina

Declension

    Declension of heljda

	singular	plural
nominative	heljda	heljde
genitive	heljde	heljda
dative	heljdi	heljdama
accusative	heljdu	heljde
vocative	heljdo	heljde
locative	heljdi	heljdama
instrumental	heljdom	heljdama

Further reading

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