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Slovenian ‘devica’

The database knows following meanings of the Slovenian word ‘devica’:

  • virgin

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The database has information related to this term for Bosnian, Croatian, Russian and Serbian.

Slovenian ‘devica’:

  • The Slovenian meaning ‘virgin’ is unique.
  • The meaning ‘camel’ (not present in Slovenian ‘devica’) is attested in Bosnian deva and Croatian deva.
  • The meaning ‘maiden’ (not present in Slovenian ‘devica’, translated as ‘dekle, gospodična’) is attested in Russian дева, Russian девица and Serbian дева.

NB: No information yet for Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Slovak, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian and Ukrainian.

Slovenian
devica		 Meaning:
  • virgin
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Bosnian
deva		 Meaning:
  • camel
Slovenian
devica		 Meaning:
  • virgin
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Croatian
deva		 Meaning:
  • camel
Slovenian
devica		 Meaning in Russian:
  • девственница / virgin
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Russian
I.   дева		 Meaning in Slovenian:
  • dekle, gospodična / maiden
II.  девица Meaning in Slovenian:
  • dekle, gospodična / maiden
Slovenian
devica		 Meaning:
  • virgin
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Serbian
дева		 Meaning in Slovenian:
  • dekle, gospodična / maiden

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deva

Meanings:

‘camel’
‘maiden’
‘virgin’
no such word
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deva
Meanings
camel maiden virgin
Russian дева +
Russian девица +
Slovenian devica +
Croatian deva +
Bosnian deva +
Serbian дева +
Meanings camel maiden virgin

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