буркан

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Romanian borcan, possibly from Hungarian borkan (“wine pitcher”), from bor (“wine”) +‎ kancsó (“pitcher, jug”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [borˈkan]
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Hyphenation(key): бур‧кан

Noun

бурка́н • (burkán) m (diminutive бурка́нче)

  1. jar
  2. a jarful
  3. (figurative, colloquial) police car roof light

Declension
Declension of бурка́н
singular plural
indefinite бурка́н
burkán		 бурка́ни
burkáni
definite
(subject form)		 бурка́нът
burkánǎt		 бурка́ните
burkánite
definite
(object form)		 бурка́на
burkána
count form — бурка́на
burkána

References
  • “буркан”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “буркан”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “буркан”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 91
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