аждер

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اژدر (ajder, ejder), from Persian اژدر (aždar). Cognate to Turkish ejder, Serbo-Croatian аждаја.

Pronunciation

Noun

ажде́р • (aždér) m

  1. serpent, dragon (mythical creature with a snake-shaped body)
    Synonyms: змей (zmej), ламя́ (lamjá), дра́кон (drákon), ха́ла (hála)
  2. (figurative) strapping young man
    Synonym: юна́к (junák)
  3. (figurative) lightning-fast horse

Declension

Declension of ажде́р
singular plural
indefinite ажде́р
aždér 		ажде́ри
aždéri
definite
(subject form) 		ажде́рът
aždérǎt 		ажде́рите
aždérite
definite
(object form) 		ажде́ра
aždéra
count form — ажде́ра
aždéra

References

  • “аждер”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “аждер”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ажде́р”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 5
  • “аждер”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 20

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اژدر (ajder, ejder), from Persian اژدر (aždar). Cognate to Turkish ejder, Serbo-Croatian аждаја.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: аж‧дер

Noun

а́ждер • (ážder) m (plural а́ждери)

  1. dragon (mythical creature)
    Synonyms: а́ла (ála), змеј (zmej), дра́кон (drákon)
  2. (figurative) monster

Declension

Declension of аждер
singular plural
indefinite аждер (ažder) аждери (ažderi)
definite unspecified аждерот (ažderot) аждерите (ažderite)
definite proximal аждеров (ažderov) аждериве (ažderive)
definite distal аждерон (ažderon) аждерине (ažderine)
vocative аждеру (ažderu) аждери (ažderi)
count form — аждера (aždera)

Further reading

  • “аждер” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − drmj.eu
  • Belčev, Tole (2016) “аждер”, in Речник на турцизми, архаизми, дијалектизми и ретко употребувани зборови во македонскиот јазик [Dictionary of Turkisms, Archaisms, Dialectisms and Rarely Used Words in the Macedonian Language]‎ (in Macedonian), Štip: UGD, →ISBN, page 15
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