ямурлук

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یاغمورلق (yağmurluk) (whence modern Turkish yağmurluk).

Pronunciation

Noun

ямурлу́к • (jamurlúk) m

  1. (historical) old-style raincoat
    Synonyms: дъждобра́н (dǎždobrán), ро́ба (róba), (dialectal) опанджа́к (opandžák)
    • 1895, Алеко Константинов, Бай Ганьо‎:
      Помогнаха на бай Ганя да смъкне от плещите си агарянския ямурлук, наметна си той една белгийска мантия…
      Pomognaha na baj Ganja da smǎkne ot pleštite si agarjanskija jamurluk, nametna si toj edna belgijska mantija…
      They helped Bay Ganyo to take his agrarian raincoat off his shoulders, and he threw on a Belgian mantle…

Usage notes

Nowadays, typically worn as a part of folk costumes.

Declension

Declension of ямурлу́к
singular plural
indefinite ямурлу́к
jamurlúk 		ямурлу́ци
jamurlúci
definite
(subject form) 		ямурлу́кът
jamurlúkǎt 		ямурлу́ците
jamurlúcite
definite
(object form) 		ямурлу́ка
jamurlúka
count form — ямурлу́ка
jamurlúka

References

  • “ямурлук”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “ямурлук”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Krǎsteva, Vesela (2003) “ямурлук”, in Тълковен речник на турцизмите в българския език [Explanatory Dictionary of Turkisms in the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Skorpio vi, page 246
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