занаят
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Bulgarian
Etymology
From an earlier занят (zanjat) (19 cent.), borrowed from Ottoman Turkish صنعت (sanat, zanat). Cognate with Turkish sanat.
The modern form is reanalyzed as if from Old Church Slavonic за(н)ѩти (za(n)jęti, “to occupy, to take part in”) (cf. Bulgarian занятие (zanjatie, “occupation”), занимание (zanimanie, “exercise, occupation”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
заная́т • (zanaját) m
- craft, art (skilled practice)
- profession
- Synonym: професия (profesija)
- occupation, exercise
- business
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | заная́т zanaját |
заная́ти zanajáti |
| definite (subject form) |
заная́тът zanajátǎt |
заная́тите zanajátite |
| definite (object form) |
заная́та zanajáta | |
| count form | — | заная́та zanajáta |
Derived terms
- занаятчия m (zanajatčija), занаятчийка f (zanajatčijka, “carftsman, artisan”)
- занаятчийство (zanajatčijstvo, “craftsmanship”)
- занаятчийски (zanajatčijski, “crafty”)
- занаятлия (zanajatlija, “handy, crafty one”)
References
- “занаят”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “занаят”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 599