азиатец

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Bulgarian

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Noun

азиа́тец (aziátecm (feminine азиа́тка)

  1. male person from Asia, Asian man or boy
  2. (obsolete) savage, barbarian, Philistine

Usage notes

  • The obsolete sense of “savage”, etc., was derived from enmity towards Ottoman Turks during the Ottoman occupation of Bulgaria.

Declension

Declension of азиа́тец
singular plural
indefinite азиа́тец
aziátec
азиа́тци
aziátci
definite
(subject form)
азиа́тецът
aziátecǎt
азиа́тците
aziátcite
definite
(object form)
азиа́теца
aziáteca
vocative form азиа́тецо
aziáteco
азиа́тци
aziátci

References

  • азиатец”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • азиатец”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • азиатец”, in Български тълковен речник (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 20