чивия

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چیوی (çivi), see there for cognates.

Pronunciation

Noun

чиви́я (čivíjaf (regional, South Bulgaria, and there often archaic)

  1. pin, peg, bolt, gib, nail

Declension

Declension of чиви́я
singular plural
indefinite чиви́я
čivíja
чиви́и
čivíi
definite чиви́ята
čivíjata
чиви́ите
čivíite

References

  • Krǎsteva, Vesela (2003) “чивия”, in Тълковен речник на турцизмите в българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Skorpio vi, page 229