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Bulgarian
Etymology
By surface analysis, надвор (nadvor, “outside”) + -а (-a)
Pronunciation
Noun
надво́ра • (nadvóra) f (dialectal)
- (literally) exterior, external influence
- (by extension) ailment caused by external, supernatural forces → epilepsy, falling sickness
- Synonyms: епиле́псия (epilépsija) (scientific term), укро́п (ukróp) (colloquial)
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References
- “надвора”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “надво́ра”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 142
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “надвор, надвора”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 467