босяк

Bulgarian

Etymology

бос (bos, barefooted) + -як (-jak)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [boˈsʲa̟k]
  • (file)

Noun

бося́к • (bosják) m (feminine бося́чка)

  1. pauper, tramp
  2. (historical, Russian society) low-class person during the feudal period of Tzarist Russia, who did not belong to a fiefdom and lacked stable income

Declension

References

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

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɐˈsʲak]

Noun

бося́к • (bosják) m anim (genitive босяка́, nominative plural босяки́, genitive plural босяко́в)

  1. hobo, tramp, vagabond

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: բոսյակ (bosyak)
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