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Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πῠ́ργος (púrgos, “watchtower”), probably of Ancient Macedonian (or alternatively Pelasgian) origin, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- (“to tower”).
Pronunciation
Noun
пирг • (pirg) m
- (dialectal) tower, pillar
- Synonyms: ку́ла (kúla), стълп (stǎlp)
- (dialectal) small fortress
- Synonyms: (dated) ка́ле (kále), за́мък (zámǎk), укрепле́ние (ukreplénie)
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References
- “пирг”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “пирг”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1901) “пи́ргъ, пи́ргове”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 33
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