гьон

See also: ѓон

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish گون (gön). Compare Macedonian ѓон (ǵon) and Serbo-Croatian ђо̏н / đȍn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡʲɔn]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

гьон • (gjonm

  1. (uncountable) thick leather used for making shoesoles

Declension

Declension of гьон
singular
indefinite гьон
gjon
definite
(subject form)
гьо́нът
gjónǎt
definite
(object form)
гьо́на
gjóna

References

  • гьон”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • гьон”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гьон”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 306