колан

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قولان (kolan), itself perhaps from Italian collana (“necklace”).[1] Compare Serbo-Croatian колан/kolan (“girth”).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -an

Noun

кола́н • (kolán) m

  1. girdle, belt

Declension

Declension of кола́н
singular plural
indefinite кола́н
kolán 		кола́ни
koláni
definite
(subject form) 		кола́нът
kolánǎt 		кола́ните
kolánite
definite
(object form) 		кола́на
kolána
count form — кола́на
kolána

References

  1. ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кола̀н”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 547; the Italian origin of the Turkish word proposed by acad. Stefan Mladenov is described there as unconvincing, неубедително

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

Noun

колан • (kolan) m (diminutive коланче)

  1. belt

Declension

Declension of колан
singular plural
indefinite колан (kolan) колани (kolani)
definite unspecified коланот (kolanot) коланите (kolanite)
definite proximal коланов (kolanov) коланиве (kolanive)
definite distal коланон (kolanon) коланине (kolanine)
vocative колану (kolanu) колани (kolani)
count form — колана (kolana)

Nanai

Noun

колан (kolan)

  1. insect
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