хисар

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Bulgarian

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Южни двери на Хисарската крепост, Хисаря

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حصار (hisar) (whence Modern Turkish hisar), ultimately from Arabic حِصَار (ḥiṣār, restriction).

Pronunciation

Noun

хиса́р (hisárm

  1. (historical) fortified structure, citadel (usually built at hospitable location)
    Synonyms: гради́ще (gradíšte), (among East Slavs) дети́нец (detínec), цитаде́ла (citadéla)

Declension

Coordinate terms

  • кале́ (kalé, qalat, fort) (fortification built at inhospitable location)

References

  • хисар”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • хисар”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حصار (hisar) (Turkish hisar), from Arabic حِصَار (ḥiṣār).

Pronunciation

Noun

хисар (hisarm

  1. (archaic) fortress, fortification
    Synonym: тврдина (tvrdina)

References

  • хисар” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
  • Belčev, Tole (2016) “хисар”, in Речник на турцизми, архаизми, дијалектизми и ретко употребувани зборови во македонскиот јазик [Dictionary of Turkisms, Archaisms, Dialectisms and Rarely Used Words in the Macedonian Language]‎ (in Macedonian), Štip: UGD, →ISBN, page 193