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Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كناره (känarä, “edge, margin”), from Persian کناره (kanâre, “edge, side”). Compare кена́р (kenár) from Ottoman Turkish كنار (känar, “edge, margin”) from Persian کنار (kanâr, “edge, side”).
Pronunciation
Noun
канара́ • (kanará) f
- crag, rock, cliff
- Synonyms: скала́ (skalá), зъ́бер (zǎ́ber), (dialectal) ка́рпа (kárpa)
- (figurative) severe, strong, hard as rock person
Declension
Derived terms
- кена́р (kenár, “border, strip”) (dialectal)
References
- “канара”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “канара”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “канара¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 198