Kranj

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Slovene Kranj, from Proto-Slavic *Korňь, borrowed from Latin Carnium, from Carnī, the name of a Celtic tribe, probably from Proto-Celtic *karnos (“cairn”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-nó-s (“head, top; horn”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /krâːɲ/

Proper noun

Krȃnj m (Cyrillic spelling Кра̑њ)

  1. Kranj (a city in Slovenia)

Declension
Declension of Kranj
singular
nominative Kranj
genitive Kranja
dative Kranju
accusative Kranj
vocative Kranju
locative Kranju
instrumental Kranjem

References
  • “Kranj” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  1. Snoj, Marko (2009) Etimološki slovar slovenskih zemljepisnih imen, Ljubljana: Modrijan, page 210
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