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Bulgarian
Etymology
From an earlier *жернка (*žernka), a diminutive form of Proto-Slavic *žьrny (“millstone”) + -ка (-ka).
Pronunciation
Noun
же́рка • (žérka) f
- (archaic, dialectal) millstone
- (by specification) gizzard, gastric mill (part of the digestive tract of birds and other archosaurs)
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References
- “жерка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “жерка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жерка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 537