bosorka

Carpathian Romani

Etymology

Borrowed from Slovak bosorka.

Noun

bosorka f

  1. (East Slovak) witch

References

  • “bosorka” in East Slovak Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • Milena Hübschmannová (January 2002) “Bosorka (Sorceress)”, in ROMBASE Cultural Database‎[1], Prague, Czech Republic, archived from the original on 19 August 2021

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɔsɔrka]

Noun

bosorka f (male equivalent bosorák)

  1. witch

Declension

Declension of bosorka
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativebosorkabosorky
genitivebosorkybosoriek
dativebosorkebosorkám
accusativebosorkubosorky
locativebosorkebosorkách
instrumentalbosorkoubosorkami

Descendants

  • → Carpathian Romani: bosorka

Further reading

  • “bosorka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025
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