рапон

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Bulgarian

Рапонови грудки

Etymology

From (Balkan) Proto-Slavic *raponъ, of substrate origin. Compare Ancient Greek ῥάφανος (rháphanos, cabbage), Latin Raphanus (radish). Equivalent to Човек от стрелча (Čovek ot strelča, radish) (dialectal) +‎ -он (-on).

Pronunciation

Noun

рапо́н (rapónm (relational adjective рапо́нов, diminutive рапо́нче)

  1. (dialectal) radish (species Raphanus sativus)
    Synonym: ре́пичка (répička)
  2. (figurative, derogatory) dumbhead
    Synonyms: (literary: pumpkin) ти́ква (tíkva), (literary: beet) чукунду́р (čukundúr)

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References

  • рапон”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • рапон”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “рапон”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 185

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