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Bulgarian
Etymology
By surface analysis, старе́йш (staréjš, “senior”) + -ина (-ina).
Pronunciation
Noun
старе́йшина • (staréjšina) m
- senior officer (military rank)
- (obsolete) elder member of a community who executes certain ceremonial function
Declension
References
- “старейшина”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “старейшина”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “старѣ́йшина”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 455
- Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “старейшина”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 433
- “старѣишина”, in Старобългарски речник (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025
Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
старе́йшина • (staréjšina) m anim (genitive старе́йшины, nominative plural старе́йшины, genitive plural старе́йшин)
- older member of a community, community leader, elder
- Synonym: аксакал (aksakal)
- (Mormonism) elder
Declension
Derived terms