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Bulgarian
- (before a name or title) авджи́ (avdží)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آوجی (avcı).
Pronunciation
Noun
авджи́я • (avdžíja) m (feminine авджи́йка, relational adjective авджи́йски)
- (archaic, now colloquial) hunter
- Synonyms: (colloquial) ловджи́я (lovdžíja), (neutral) лове́ц (lovéc)
Declension
References
- “авджия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “авджия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “авджѝя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 2
- “авджия”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 16