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Bulgarian
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *naxalъ, possibly via Russian. Related either to неха́я (nehája, “not to care”) or to ха́лост (hálost, “vanity”).
Pronunciation
Noun
наха́л • (nahál) m (relational adjective наха́лен) (colloquial)
- bugger, prick (an insolent and shameless person)
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References
- “нахал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “нахал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *naxalъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
наха́л • (naxál) m anim (genitive наха́ла, nominative plural наха́лы, genitive plural наха́лов, feminine наха́лка)
- an impudent or insolent person
1862, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “Глава 10”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:Зато́ Па́вел Петро́вич все́ми си́лами души́ свое́й возненави́дел База́рова: он счита́л его́ гордецо́м, наха́лом, ци́ником, плебе́ем; он подозрева́л, что База́ров не уважа́ет его́, что он едва́ ли не презира́ет его́ — его́, Па́вла Кирса́нова!- Zató Pável Petróvič vsémi sílami duší svojéj voznenavídel Bazárova: on sčitál jevó gordecóm, naxálom, cínikom, plebéjem; on podozrevál, što Bazárov ne uvažájet jevó, što on jedvá li ne prezirájet jevó — jevó, Pávla Kirsánova!
- On the other hand, Pavel Petrovich had grown to hate Bazarov with all the strength of his soul; he regarded him as conceited, impudent, cynical and vulgar, he suspected that Bazarov had no respect for him, that he all but despised him--him, Pavel Kirsanov!
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