минзухар
Bulgarian
Etymology
Unclear. Perhaps reshaped from dialectal мингу́ш (mingúš, “earring”) + -ар (-ar), from Classical Persian مَنْگوش (mangōš, “earring”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ar
Noun
минзуха́р • (minzuhár) m (diminutive минзуха́рче or минзуха́рец)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | минзуха́р minzuhár |
минзуха́ри minzuhári |
| definite (subject form) |
минзуха́рят minzuhárjat |
минзуха́рите minzuhárite |
| definite (object form) |
минзуха́ря minzuhárja | |
| count form | — | минзуха́ря minzuhárja |
Coordinate terms
- шафра́н (šafrán, “saffron”)
References
- “минзухар”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “минзухар”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “минзухар”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 105