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Bulgarian
Etymology
поту́ри (potúri, “culottes, a kind of pants supposed to be worn in particular by Turkicized people”) + -нак (-nak), so it has been reinterpreted as поту́рча се (potúrča se, “to convert into a Türk”) + -нак (-nak).
Pronunciation
Noun
потурна́к • (poturnák) m
- (religious slur) Bulgarian who has converted to Islam and has decided to self-identify as a Türk
Usage notes
The term has negative connotations. For a Bulgarian muslim, who has converted to Islam but has preserved their native language and identity, the non-pejorative term Bulgarian пома́к (pomák) is used.
Declension
- пома́к (pomák, “Bulgarian muslim”)
References
- “потурнак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “потурнак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010