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Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Romanian zestre (“dowry”), from Latin dextrae pl (“pledging”). According to Stefan Mladenov, the Bulgarian and Romanian terms may alternatively stem from Proto-Slavic *zęt- (“kinship”) + *-tra.
Pronunciation
Noun
зе́стра • (zéstra) f (relational adjective зе́стрен, diminutive зе́стрица)
- dowry (gift presented to a newlywed family by the bride's kin)
- Synonyms: вено́ (venó), чеи́з (čeíz), прид (prid), при́дан (prídan)
Declension
References
- “зестра”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “зестра”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “зестра”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 636
- Nayden Gerov (1897) “зе́стра”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 152