колан
Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قولان (kolan, “girth, girdle, belt”). Compare Romanian colan (“girdle”), Macedonian колан (kolan, “belt”), Serbo-Croatian колан (“girth”); other Turkish borrowings. Stefan Mladenov's proposal of Italian origin is only true for Romanian colan (“necklace”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [koˈɫan]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -an
Noun
кола́н • (kolán) m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | кола́н kolán |
кола́ни koláni |
| definite (subject form) |
кола́нът kolánǎt |
кола́ните kolánite |
| definite (object form) |
кола́на kolána | |
| count form | — | кола́на kolána |
References
- ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кола̀н”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 547; the Italian origin of the Turkish word proposed by acad. is described there as unconvincing, неубедително
Anagrams
- локна (lokna)
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɔɫan]
Noun
колан • (kolan) m (diminutive коланче)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | колан (kolan) | колани (kolani) |
| definite unspecified | коланот (kolanot) | коланите (kolanite) |
| definite proximal | коланов (kolanov) | коланиве (kolanive) |
| definite distal | коланон (kolanon) | коланине (kolanine) |
| vocative | колану (kolanu) | колани (kolani) |
| count form | — | колана (kolana) |
Nanai
Etymology
From Proto-Tungusic *kulan (“pipe, chimney”).
Noun
колан (kolan)
Noun
кола̄н (kolān)