камара

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قامره (kamara, (legislative) chamber), ultimately from Latin camera (deliberative body).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkamɐrɐ]

Noun

ка́мара • (kámaraf

  1. (politics) a chamber of a legislative body
    Американският парламент се състои от две камари.
    Amerikanskijat parlament se sǎstoi ot dve kamari.
    The American parlaiment consists of two chambers.
Declension
Declension of ка́мара
singular plural
indefinite ка́мара
kámara
ка́мари
kámari
definite ка́марата
kámarata
ка́марите
kámarite

Etymology 2

From Old Church Slavonic камара (kamara, arch, vault).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkamɐrɐ]

Noun

ка́мара • (kámaraf

  1. (archaic) an arched or vaulted room
Declension
Declension of ка́мара
singular plural
indefinite ка́мара
kámara
ка́мари
kámari
definite ка́марата
kámarata
ка́марите
kámarite
Derived terms
  • кама́рка (kamárka, room)
  • кама́рица (kamárica)
  • ка́марца (kámarca)
  • ка́марче (kámarče), ка́марчица (kámarčica, cupboard)
  • камару́да (kamarúda)
  • кама́ра (kamára, (winter) storehouse)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Greek καμάρα (kamára, vault, arch). Also borrowed, with the same meaning, into Serbo-Croatian кȁмара.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐˈmarɐ]

Noun

кама́ра • (kamáraf

  1. pile, heap
  2. (with indefinite article) a load, a ton of (something)
    Даде ми той една камара работа, и не съм никък доволен.
    Dade mi toj edna kamara rabota, i ne sǎm nikǎk dovolen.
    He gave me a whole heap of work, and I'm not happy in the slightest.
Declension
Declension of кама́ра
singular plural
indefinite кама́ра
kamára
кама́ри
kamári
definite кама́рата
kamárata
кама́рите
kamárite
Derived terms
  • кама́рест (kamárest, piled-up)
  • кама́рка (kamárka, pile, diminutive)
  • кама́рчинка (kamárčinka, molehill)
  • на кама́ра (na kamára, all at once)
  • кама́ря (kamárja, to pile up)

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