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Bulgarian
Etymology
By surface analysis, мома́ (momá, “maiden”) + -ък (-ǎk).
Pronunciation
Noun
мо́мък • (mómǎk) m (feminine мома́)
- young man, youth, lad, swain
- unmarried man, bachelor
- Synonym: ерген (ergen)
- (dialectal) male mate, assistant, servant
Declension
Derived terms
- (diminutive) мо́мко (mómko)
- (originally a diminutive) момче́ (momčé, “boy”)
References
- “момък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “момък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov (1899) “момъкъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 80
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “момък”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 230