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Bulgarian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъlka (“bony stump”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kulˀk-. Per Derksen, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- (“to turn”).
Cognates include Macedonian колк (kolk, “hip”), Russian колк (kolk, “bony stump”), Serbo-Croatian kuk (“thigh, hip”) and Lithuanian kulkšnis (“ankle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
къ́лка • (kǎ́lka) f (diminutive къ́лчица) (colloquial)
- (of animals, poultry) upper muscular portion of the leg
- Synonym: бут (but)
- (of people) thigh
- Synonym: бедро́ (bedró)
Declension
Declension of къ́лка
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singular
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plural
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къ́лка
kǎ́lka
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къ́лки
kǎ́lki
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къ́лката
kǎ́lkata
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къ́лките
kǎ́lkite
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References
- “кълка”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “кълка”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кълк, кълка”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 190
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kъlka; *kъlkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 260: “m. o 'bony stump'”
- Derksen, Rick (2015) “kulkšnis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 262: “It seems plausible to me that the basic root is kʷelh₁ - 'turn'.”