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Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek αβαρία (avaría) and Italian avaria, possibly from Arabic عَوَارِيَّة (ʕawāriyya, “damaged goods”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ава́рия • (avárija) f (relational adjective авари́ен)
- wreck, crash
- failure, damage, trouble
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References
- “авария”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “авария”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ава̀рия”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 2
- “авария”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 16
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian avaria, from Arabic عَوَارِيَّة (ʕawāriyya, “damaged goods”), from عَوَار (ʕawār, “fault, blemish, defect, flaw”), from عَوِرَ (ʕawira, “to lose an eye”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ава́рия • (avárija) f inan (genitive ава́рии, nominative plural ава́рии, genitive plural ава́рий, relational adjective авари́йный)
- damage, breakdown, fault, failure, crash (rarely)
- Synonyms: наруше́ние (narušénije), неиспра́вность (neisprávnostʹ), оши́бка (ošíbka), поврежде́ние (povreždénije), поло́мка (polómka)
- ава́рия в сква́жине ― avárija v skvážine ― downhole failure
- ава́рия дви́гателя ― avárija dvígatelja ― engine failure
- ава́рия систе́мы ― avárija sistémy ― system fault
- ава́рия всей систе́мы ― avárija vsej sistémy ― blackout
- accident, crash, wreck, emergency (situation caused by damage, breakdown or failure)
- Synonyms: катастро́фа (katastrófa), круше́ние (krušénije), непредви́денный слу́чай (nepredvídennyj slúčaj), происше́ствие (proisšéstvije)
- ава́рия су́дна ― avárija súdna ― shipwreck
- в слу́чае ава́рии ― v slúčaje avárii ― in case of an emergency
- морска́я ава́рия ― morskája avárija ― accident at sea
- потерпе́ть ава́рию ― poterpétʹ aváriju ― to crash, to have an accident
- ава́рия в полёте ― avárija v poljóte ― in-flight accident
- ава́рия в энергосисте́ме ― avárija v enɛrgosistéme ― power interruption
- ава́рия на су́дне ― avárija na súdne ― accident on a vessel
- мно́го ава́рий на доро́гах ― mnógo avárij na dorógax ― many road-related accidents
- (figuratively) misfortune
- Synonym: неуда́ча (neudáča)
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