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Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *žerava, a substantivized form of Proto-Slavic *žeravъ (“burning, scorching”).
Pronunciation
Noun
жера́ва • (žeráva) f
- hearth
- Synonym: огнище (ognište)
- (figurative) hardship
- пека се на жерава ― peka se na žerava ― to be in serious trouble
Declension
- жар (žar, “glow, heat”)
- жеравник (žeravnik, “tong”) (dialectal)
References
- “жерава”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жерава”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 536