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Bulgarian
Etymology
се́ло (sélo, “village, rural settlement”) + -як (-jak)
Pronunciation
Noun
селя́к • (selják) m
- (literally) someone from the countryside
- (offensive) yokel, country bumpkin (unsophisticated person)
Declension
- селя́нин (seljánin, “villager”) (non-offensive)
- селянду́р (seljandúr, “boor, rustic”)
References
- “селяк”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “селяк”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010