ален

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Of Kipchak origin from Proto-Turkic *āl (shiny, glittering) + -ен (-en), reinforced by Russian а́лый (ályj, scarlet) and Turkish al (crimson). Encountered as part of the name Old Church Slavonic Елтимир (Eltimir), a Bulgarian warlord from the 13th century, believed to be a brother of czar George Terter.

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Adjective

а́лен (álen)

  1. scarlet, vermilion, carnation
    ален:  

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Colors in Bulgarian · цветове (cvetove) (layout · text)
     бял (bjal)      сив (siv), сяр (sjar), сур (sur), грив (griv)      черен (čeren), вран (vran), вакъл (vakǎl), смугъл (smugǎl)
             ален (alen); червен (červen), румен (rumen), риж (riž); багър (bagǎr)              оранжев (oranžev), гранив (graniv), руд (rud); кафяв (kafjav), смядов (smjadov)              жълт (žǎlt); бежов (bežov), кремав (kremav)
             резедав (rezedav)              зелен (zelen)             
             плав (plav)              небесносин (nebesnosin), лазурен (lazuren)              син (sin); модър (modǎr)
             виолетов (violetov), вишняв (višnjav); индиго (indigo)              цикламен (ciklamen); лилав (lilav), пурпурен (purpuren)              розов (rozov)

References

  • ален”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ален”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 9

Macedonian

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ален (alen) (not comparable)

  1. scarlet, vermilion, carnation
    ален:  

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