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Bulgarian
Etymology
Related to Bulgarian въртя (vǎrtja, “to rotate”), with E-grade stem (cf. Bulgarian вретено (vreteno, “spindle”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
врете́н • (vretén) m
- (dialectal, dated) measuring unit = 1⁄40 hectare
- Synonym: уврат (uvrat)
Declension
- въртя (vǎrtja, “to rotate, to turn”)
- вратя (vratja), връщам (vrǎštam, “to return”)
- вретено (vreteno, “spindle”)
- време (vreme, “time”)
- врат (vrat, “turn; neck”)
- врът (vrǎt, “small turn; garden”)
References
- “вретен”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вретен”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 185