кутия

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قوطی (kutu, kutı) (extended with the suffix -ия (-ija)), ultimately from Greek κουτί (koutí).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ijɐ

Noun

кути́я (kutíjaf (diminutive кути́йка)

  1. box, case (container with a flat base and sides)
    карто́нена кути́яkartónena kutíjacardboard box
    кибри́тена кути́йкаkibrítena kutíjkamatchbox
    по́щенска кути́яpóštenska kutíjamailbox
    че́рна кути́яčérna kutíjablackbox
  2. can, tin

Declension

References

  • кутия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • кутия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кутия”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 157