лелек

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Bulgarian

Двойка черни лелеци

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic лиликъ (lilikŭ), probably a wanderwort akin to Turkish leylek (stork), Albanian lejlek (stork), Greek λέλεκας (lélekas, wading bird), Ukrainian леле́ка (leléka, stork), ultimately from Classical Persian لَک‌ْلَک (lak-lak).

Compare also Czech lelek (nightjar).

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Noun

ле́лек (lélekm

  1. (dialectal) stork (wading bird of family Ciconiidae)
    Synonym: щъ́ркел (štǎ́rkel)

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References

  • лелек”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лелек”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 354

Macedonian

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Noun

лелек (lelekm

  1. lament, wail, cry

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lêleːk/
  • Hyphenation: ле‧лек

Noun

ле̏ле̄к m (Latin spelling lȅlēk)

  1. wailing, weeping

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Further reading

  • лелек”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024