занаят

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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)).

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Noun

заная́т (zanajátm

  1. craft, art (skilled practice)
    Synonyms: умение (umenie), изкуство (izkustvo), уметност (umetnost)
  2. profession
    Synonym: професия (profesija)
  3. occupation, exercise
    Synonyms: занятие (zanjatie), занимание (zanimanie), дейност (dejnost), задатие (zadatie)
  4. business
    Synonyms: поминък (pominǎk), бизнес (biznes)

Declension

Declension of заная́т
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

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