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[1], and soon spread further into Balkans. In modern form and meaning since 1727[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kukǔruz/
- Hyphenation: ku‧ku‧ruz
Noun
kukùruz m (Cyrillic spelling куку̀руз)
- corn
- 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
- https://books.google.com/books?id=ojE9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA280
- https://books.google.com/books?id=zQkHAQAAIAAJ&q=кукуруз