гуна

Bulgarian

Etymology

A Paleo-Balkan wanderwort akin to Byzantine Greek γούνα (goúna, “coarse garment”), Albanian gunë (“goatskin coat”), Latin gunna (“leather garment”). Possibly stemming back from Proto-Slavic *guna／*guňa／*guňь, an early Scythian borrowing ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gawnám (“fur”).

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Noun

гу́на • (gúna) f (diminutive гу́нче or гу́ница)

1. (historical) old-fashined coarse garment or gown

   Synonyms: наме́тка (namétka), шу́ба (šúba), ро́ба (róba)

2. (dialectal) fur coat, cape

   Synonym: кожу́х (kožúh)

Declension

Alternative forms

• гу́ня (gúnja) — dialectal
• гунь m (gunʹ) — dialectal

Derived terms

• гуне́тина (gunétina, “leather coat”) (dialectal)

References

• “гуна”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гуня, гуна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 294

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Noun

гуна • (guna) f (plural гуни, diminutive гунче)

1. a type of garment

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Russian

Alternative forms

• гу́ня (gúnja)

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Noun

гу́на • (gúna) f anim (genitive гу́ны, nominative plural гу́ны, genitive plural гун)

1. (archaic, colloquial) threadbare clothes, rags, tatters
2. (archaic, colloquial, figurative) (male or female) sloven, slut, slattern

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