шалвари
Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شالوار (şalvar) (whence modern Turkish şalvar / şelvar) + native plural marker.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʃɐɫˈvari]
Noun
шалва́ри • (šalvári) pl
- (plural only) shalwars (type of trousers worn in Muslim countries)
Declension
| plural | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | шалва́ри šalvári |
| definite | шалва́рите šalvárite |
Coordinate terms
- га́щи (gášti, “trousers”)
- пантало́ни (pantalóni, “pants”)
- поту́ри (potúri, “slacks”)
- пижа́ма (pižáma, “pajamas”)
References
- “шалвари”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “шалвари”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Krǎsteva, Vesela (2003) “шалвари”, in Тълковен речник на турцизмите в българския език [Explanatory Dictionary of Turkisms in the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Skorpio vi, page 234