kovčeg

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic ковьчегъ (kovĭčegŭ) from Middle Mongolian ᠬᠠᠤᠷᠴᠠᠭ (qaγurčaγ) presumably through a Turkic language. Compare Mongolian хуурцаг (huurtsag).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kǒʋtʃeɡ/
  • Hyphenation: kov‧čeg

Noun

kòvčeg m (Cyrillic spelling ко̀вчег)

  1. case
  2. suitcase

Declension

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