коляно

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kolěno.

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Noun

коля́но (koljánon (relational adjective коля́нов or коле́нен, diminutive коля́нце)

  1. (anatomy) knee (body part)
  2. knee (a piece of timber or metal formed with an angle somewhat in the shape of the human knee when bent)
  3. knee (any knee-shaped item or sharp angle in a line, "the knee of a graph", an inflection point)
  4. elbow (a pipe fitting that turns a corner)
  5. (botany) node (the joint of a stem, or the part where a leaf or several leaves are inserted)
  6. joint (the point where two components of a structure join)
  7. (figurative) origin, birth, stock, kingeneration, lineage
    Synonyms: род (rod), (dialectal) ле́джа (lédža)

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References

  • коляно”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • коляно”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010