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Easy Croaan (rev. 47b) / A9 Bosnian, Serbian and Montenegrin 537 / 600

term Croatian Serbian

green beans mahune f pl. boranija

apricot marelica kajsija

bread

kruh

hljeb

hleb

beans grah pasulj

rice riža pirinač

carrot mrkva šargarepa

leek poriluk praziluk

vinegar ocat (oct-) sirće (sirćet-)

soup juha supa

spoon žlica kašika

cup (of tea, coffee) šalica šolja

scissors škare f pl. makaze f pl.

towel ručnik peškir

However, in real life, the variation in culinary terms is much greater, especially

within Croatia. Some ‘Croatian’ terms like riža and mrkva are also used in Serbia,

especially in some parts, and sometimes a distinction is made between mrkva and

šargarepa.

There are numerous differences in scientific terms, especially chemistry and biology:

term Croatian Serbian

hydrogen vodik vodonik

oxygen kisik kiseonik

nitrogen dušik azot

tin kositar (kositr-) kalaj

gas plin gas

liquid tekućina tečnost

(chem.) compound spoj jedinjenje

(chem.) solution otopina rastvor

cell (in biology) stanica ćelija

mammal sisavac (sisavc-) sisar

rat štakor pacov

camel deva kamila

science znanost nauka

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