barchón

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Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish barchan with an accent shift from northern dialects.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /barˈxwon/
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: bar‧chón

Noun

barchón m inan (related adjective barchanowi)

  1. fustian
  2. (by extension) any lower-quality fabric

Further reading

  • Sychta, Bernard (1967) “barχȯn”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 20
  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “barchan”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “barchan”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
  • barchón”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022