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Bulgarian
Etymology
Considered to derive from a -çık diminutive formation of Kipchak قمچی (kamçı), قمشی (kamşı), so a doublet of камчи́я (kamčíja) and камджи́я (kamdžíja, “whip”), forms that have come from Ottoman Turkish قامچی (kamçı), and probably hybridized into камши́я (kamšíja), камши́е (kamšíe).
Pronunciation
Noun
камши́к • (kamšík) m (diminutive камши́че)
- whip
- agrimony
Declension
Further reading
- “камшик”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “камшик”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “камши́к”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 195
Macedonian
Etymology
Compare to Bulgarian камши́к (kamšík), which is considered to derive from a -çık diminutive formation of Kipchak قمچی (kamçı).
Pronunciation
Noun
камшик • (kamšik) m (plural камшици, diminutive камшиче)
- whip
- Synonym: бич (bič)
- agrimony
- Synonym: петровец (petrovec)
Declension