чушка

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• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃu̟ʃkɐ]

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• Syllabification^(key): чу‧шка
• Hyphenation^(key): чуш‧ка

чу́шка • (čúška) f

1. pepper (fruit of the pepper plant)

   Всяка вечер цял керван от каруци, натоварени с чу́шки, домати, зелки, потегляше към гарата

   Vsjaka večer cjal kervan ot karuci, natovareni s čúški, domati, zelki, potegljaše kǎm garata

   Every evening, a whole caravan of wagons loaded with peppers, tomatoes, cabbages left for the station

   Пълнени чу́шки ― Pǎlneni čúški ― Stuffed peppers

   Печени чу́шки ― Pečeni čúški ― Roasted peppers

2. pod a long and narrow sheath that contains the seeds of some plants

   Synonyms: шушулка (šušulka), люспа (ljuspa), черупка (čerupka), външна обвивка (vǎnšna obvivka)

   Бобови чу́шки ― Bobovi čúški ― Bean peppers

• арнау́тска чу́шка (arnaútska čúška)

• пипе́рка (pipérka, “An individual fruit of the pepper plant”)

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

Probably from Proto-Slavic *češuja.

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃuʃka]
• Hyphenation: чуш‧ка
• Rhymes: -uʃka

чушка • (čuška) f (plural чушки)

1. stalk of fruits or vegetables
2. husk

   Synonym: мешунка f (mešunka)

3. (dialectal) pepper

   Synonym: пиперка f (piperka)

• чушкар m (čuškar)

• ќушка f (ḱuška)

чу́ха (čúxa) +‎ -ка (-ka).

Alternatively, a Turkic borrowing: compare Azerbaijani çoşqa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ɕuʂkə]

чу́шка • (čúška) f anim or f inan (genitive чу́шки, nominative plural чу́шки, genitive plural чу́шек, relational adjective чу́шковый)

1. (colloquial, animate) piglet, young pig
2. (low colloquial, inanimate) pig's muzzle
3. (low colloquial, animate) dirty person, especially a child
4. (criminal slang, animate) schmoe, schmuck (dirty, degraded person who anyone can humiliate)
5. (dialectal, inanimate) quarter of a pole, for making figures in the game of gorodki
6. (inanimate) ingot of metal, usually of cast iron; compare English pig iron

• чу́ха (čúxa)
• чушпа́н (čušpán)