кукла

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Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κούκλα (koúkla), from Latin cucūlla. Doublet of гу́гла (gúgla, “hood”) and куку́л (kukúl, “pointed hat”) - direct borrowings from Latin.

ку́кла • (kúkla) f

1. doll, puppet
2. (figurative) manipulated person

   кукла на конци

   kukla na konci

   one who is led by someone else

   (literally, “puppet on strings”)

3. (colloquial, figurative) cute girl, lolita
4. (dialectal, figurative) yarn woven into 5 strands, which together look like a human figure

• ку́кличка (kúklička) (diminutive)
• куклово́д (kuklovód, “puppeteer”)
• ку́клен (kúklen, “puppetry”)

• “кукла”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014, under КУ̀КЛА¹, КУ̀КЛА²
• “кукла”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кукла¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 90
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кукла²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 91

Likely from Proto-Slavic *kukъla, morphologically from кука (kuka, “hook”) +‎ -ла (-la).

ку́кла • (kúkla) f

1. (dialectal) hillock, cusp, rocky mound

   Synonyms: хълм (hǎlm), моги́ла (mogíla)

• чу́ка (čúka, “rocky summit”)

• “кукла”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014, under КУ̀КЛА³
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кукла⁵”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 92
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kukъla”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 94

Possibly а feminine form of *kukъlь (“loop”), cognate with Lithuanian kukulỹs (“dumpling”). Related to Etymology 2.

ку́кла • (kúkla) f

1. (dialectal) snare, loop

   Synonym: бри́мка (brímka)

2. (dialectal) type of ceremonial braided bread served on Easter day (specifically Вели́кденска ку́кла (Velíkdenska kúkla))

   Synonym: козуна́к (kozunák)

• Великеднски обредни хлябове in Portal "Фолклор" at BNR.bg (website of the Bulgarian National Radio)

• “кукла”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014, under КУ̀КЛА⁴
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кукла⁴”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 91
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кукла⁷”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 92

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κούκλα (koúkla), from Latin cuculla.

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кукла • (kukla) f (relational adjective куклен, diminutive кукличка or кукличе or кукле)

1. doll, puppet
2. (colloquial) pretty girl

Inherited from Old East Slavic кукла (kukla), from Byzantine Greek κούκλα (koúkla), from Latin cuculla.

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ку́кла • (kúkla) f anim or f inan (genitive ку́клы, nominative plural ку́клы, genitive plural ку́кол, relational adjective ку́кольный, diminutive ку́колка)

1. doll
   • 1849, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], Маленький герой; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., A Little Hero, 1918:

     На глаза́ всех э́тих прекра́сных дам, я всё ещё́ был то же ма́ленькое, неопределё́нное существо́, кото́рое они́ подча́с люби́ли ласка́ть и с кото́рым им мо́жно бы́ло игра́ть как с ма́ленькой ку́клой.

     Na glazá vsex étix prekrásnyx dam, ja vsjo ješčó byl to že málenʹkoje, neopredeljónnoje suščestvó, kotóroje oní podčás ljubíli laskátʹ i s kotórym im móžno býlo igrátʹ kak s málenʹkoj kúkloj.

     In the eyes of those charming ladies I was still the little unformed creature whom they at once liked to pet, and with ​whom they could play as though he were a little doll.

2. puppet
3. (criminal slang) fake money

• куклово́д m (kuklovód)
• ку́кольник m (kúkolʹnik)

• → Azerbaijani: kukla
• → Czech: kukla
• → Polish: kukła