пуйка

Bulgarian

Etymology

Agent noun from пу́я се (púja se, “to perk, to swank”) (dialectal) +‎ -ка (-ka), literally “perking (bird)”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpujkɐ]

Noun

пу́йка • (pújka) f (masculine пу́як, relational adjective пу́йчи, diminutive пу́йче)

  1. female equivalent of пу́як (pújak): turkey-hen (female turkey)
    Synonyms: (colloquial) миси́рка (misírka), (dialectal) фи́тка (fítka)
  2. (by generalization) turkey (pheasant-like fowl of genus Meleagris)

Declension

Declension of пу́йка
singular plural
indefinite пу́йка
pújka 		пу́йки
pújki
definite пу́йката
pújkata 		пу́йките
pújkite
vocative form пу́йко
pújko 		пу́йки
pújki

References

  • “пуйка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “пуйка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
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