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Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اژدر (ajder, ejder), from Persian اژدر (aždar). Cognate to Turkish ejder, Serbo-Croatian аждаја.
Pronunciation
Noun
ажде́р • (aždér) m
- serpent, dragon (mythical creature with a snake-shaped body)
- Synonyms: змей (zmej), ламя́ (lamjá), дра́кон (drákon), ха́ла (hála)
- (figurative) strapping young man
- Synonym: юна́к (junák)
- (figurative) lightning-fast horse
Declension
References
- “аждер”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “аждер”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ажде́р”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 5
- “аждер”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 20
Macedonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اژدر (ajder, ejder), from Persian اژدر (aždar). Cognate to Turkish ejder, Serbo-Croatian аждаја.
Pronunciation
Noun
а́ждер • (ážder) m (plural а́ждери)
- dragon (mythical creature)
- Synonyms: а́ла (ála), змеј (zmej), дра́кон (drákon)
- (figurative) monster
Declension
Further reading
- “аждер” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
- Belčev, Tole (2016) “аждер”, in Речник на турцизми, архаизми, дијалектизми и ретко употребувани зборови во македонскиот јазик [Dictionary of Turkisms, Archaisms, Dialectisms and Rarely Used Words in the Macedonian Language] (in Macedonian), Štip: UGD, →ISBN, page 15