чаршаф

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Bulgarian

Чаршаф

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چارشاف (çârşaf), a contraction of چادر شب (çâdır-ı şeb, night covering, veil), from Classical Persian چادر شب (čādar-i šab).

Pronunciation

Noun

чарша́ф (čaršáfm

  1. sheet, spread, coverlet (particularly linen bedsheet, bedspread)
    Synonym: посте́ля (postélja)

Inflection

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References

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

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چارشاف (çârşaf), from چادر شب (çâdır-ı şeb), from Persian چادر شب (čâdar-e šab), from چادر (čâdor, čâdar, covering) + شب (šab, night). Compare with чадор (čador).

Pronunciation

Noun

чаршаф (čaršafm (diminutive чаршафче)

  1. sheet, cloth, spread

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چارشاف (çârşaf), from چادر شب (çâdır-ı şeb), from Persian چادر شب (čâdar-e šab).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃǎrʃaf/
  • Hyphenation: чар‧шаф

Noun

ча̀ршаф m (Latin spelling čàršaf)

  1. (regional, chiefly Bosnia, Serbia) bedsheet

Declension