False Friends in Slavic Languages
Croatian ‘dinja’
The database knows following meanings of the Croatian word ‘dinja’:
- sweet melon
Semasiological map for ‘*dynja’
The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Lower Sorbian and Ukrainian.
Croatian ‘dinja’:
- The Croatian meaning ‘sweet melon’ is shared by Bosnian dinja, Macedonian диња, Russian дыня, Serbian диња, Slovenian dinja and Ukrainian диня.
- The meaning ‘watermelon’ (not present in Croatian ‘dinja’, translated as ‘lubenica’) is attested in Bulgarian диня and Slovak dyňa.
- The meaning ‘pumpkin’ (not present in Croatian ‘dinja’, translated as ‘tikva’) is attested in Czech dýně, Polish dynia and Slovak dyňa.
- The meaning ‘cakes and pastries’ (not present in Croatian ‘dinja’) is attested in Lower Sorbian dynjašk.
NB: No information yet for Upper Sorbian.
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| Kashubian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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Semasiological Map for *dynja
                    *dynja
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Meanings:  ‘sweet melon’ ‘watermelon’ ‘pumpkin’ ‘cakes and pastries’ no such word no information yet
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| *dynja | ||||
| sweet melon | watermelon | pumpkin | cakes and pastries | |
| Russian дыня | + | |||
| Ukrainian диня | + | |||
| Belarusian дыня | ||||
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| Lower Sorbian dynjašk | + | |||
| Czech dýně | + | |||
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| Slovenian dinja | + | |||
| Croatian dinja | + | |||
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| Serbian диња | + | |||
| Macedonian диња | + | |||
| Bulgarian диня | + | |||
| Meanings | sweet melon | watermelon | pumpkin | cakes and pastries |