чукундур

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چوكندر (çükündür, çökündür), from Classical Persian چُغُنْدُر (čuğundur, “beet”).

Pronunciation

Noun

чукунду́р • (čukundúr) m

  1. beetroot
    Synonyms: панджа́р (pandžár), черве́но цвекло́ (červéno cvekló)
  2. (figuratively, offensive) dolt, blockhead

Declension

Declension of чукунду́р
singular plural
indefinite чукунду́р
čukundúr 		чукунду́ри
čukundúri
definite
(subject form) 		чукунду́рът
čukundúrǎt 		чукунду́рите
čukundúrite
definite
(object form) 		чукунду́ра
čukundúra
count form — чукунду́ра
čukundúra
vocative form чукунду́ре
čukundúre 		чукунду́ри
čukundúri

References

  • Krǎsteva, Vesela (2003) “чукундур”, in Тълковен речник на турцизмите в българския език [Explanatory Dictionary of Turkisms in the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Skorpio vi, page 233
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