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Bulgarian
Etymology
From (South) Proto-Slavic *gъbanica, *gybanica (“bending, folding”), in reference to the manner of preparation of banitsa (through folding of pastry sheets). Cognate with Macedonian баница (banica), Serbo-Croatian гибаница.
Pronunciation
Noun
ба́ница • (bánica) f
- banitsa (a type of pie)
Declension
- гибам (gibam), огъвам (ogǎvam), гъна (gǎna, “to fold, to bend”)
- губя (gubja, “to lose”)
- гибел (gibel, “loss, doom, death”)
References
- “баница”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “баница”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 31
Macedonian
Etymology
From (South) Proto-Slavic *gъbanica, *gybanica (“bending, folding”), in reference to the manner of preparation of banitsa (through folding of pastry sheets). Cognate with Bulgarian баница (banica), Serbo-Croatian гибаница.
Pronunciation
Noun
ба́ница • (bánica) f (plural ба́ници, diminutive ба́ничка)
- banitsa (type of pie)
- wife of a ban (ban = title)
Declension
Derived terms
See also
References
- “баница” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu