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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *vьlkolakъ (“werewolf”).
Pronunciation
Noun
вълкола́к • (vǎlkolák) m
- (mythology, folklore) werewolf, vampire
- Synonyms: вампи́р (vampír), карако́нджул (karakóndžul), таласъ́м (talasǎ́m)
Declension
Descendants
- → Byzantine Greek: βουλκόλαξ (boulkólax, “vampire”)
Further reading
- “вълколак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вълколак”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 206
- Nayden Gerov (1895) “влъколакъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 137