пуйка

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Дива пуйка

Etymology

Agent noun from пу́я се (púja se, to perk, to swank) (dialectal) +‎ -ка (-ka), literally perking (bird).

Pronunciation

Noun

пу́йка (pújkaf (masculine пу́як, relational adjective пу́йчи, diminutive пу́йче)

  1. female equivalent of пу́як (pújak): turkey-hen (female turkey)
    Synonyms: (colloquial) миси́рка (misírka), (dialectal) фи́тка (fítka)
  2. (by generalization) turkey (pheasant-like fowl of genus Meleagris)

Declension

References

  • пуйка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • пуйка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010