буркан

Borrowed from Romanian borcan, of uncertain origin.

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• Rhymes: -an
• Hyphenation^(key): бур‧кан

бурка́н • (burkán) m (diminutive бурка́нче)

1. jar
2. a jarful
3. (figurative, colloquial) police car roof light

• “буркан”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “буркан”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “буркан”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 91

• борка́н (borkán)

Uncertain; compare Latvian burkāns.

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бурка́н • (burkán) m inan (genitive бурка́на, nominative plural бурка́ны, genitive plural бурка́нов)

1. (regional, Saint Petersburg, obsolete) carrot

   Synonyms: морко́вь (morkóvʹ), морко́вка (morkóvka)

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “буркан”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.