бухта

By surface analysis, бу́хам (búham, “to swell, to inflate (of dough); to bang”) +‎ -та (-ta).

Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary additionally compares the sense “fritters” with Romanian bucată (“piece of bread”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuxtɐ]

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бу́хта • (búhta) f (diminutive бу́хтичка)

1. (literal) something swollen, blown up
2. (influenced by the Romanian term) sweet fritters (type of fried doughy pastry)

• бу́хтя (búhtja, “to erupt, to burst with a boom”)
• бухти́ца (buhtíca, “bindweed”) (type of plant)

бу́хта • (búhta)

1. (colloquial) boom! bang!

• For the noun:
  • “бухта”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “бухта”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бухта”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 94
• For the interjection:
  • Nayden Gerov (1895) “бу́хтата!”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 88

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuxtə]

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Borrowed from German Bucht.

бу́хта • (búxta) f inan (genitive бу́хты, nominative plural бу́хты, genitive plural бухт)

1. bay, inlet, cove

   Synonyms: зали́в (zalív), губа́ (gubá)

Borrowed from Dutch bocht.

бу́хта • (búxta) f inan (genitive бу́хты, nominative plural бу́хты, genitive plural бухт)

1. (originally nautical) coil (of rope, wire, etc.)

• IPA^(key): [ˈbuxtɐ]

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Borrowed from German Bucht.

бу́хта • (búxta) f inan (genitive бу́хти, nominative plural бу́хти, genitive plural бухт)

1. (geography) bay, bight, cove, inlet

   Synonym: зато́ка f (zatóka)

Borrowed from Dutch bocht.

бу́хта • (búxta) f inan (genitive бу́хти, nominative plural бу́хти, genitive plural бухт)

1. (originally nautical) coil (of rope, wire, etc.)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “бухта”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2010), “бухта”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (а – бязь), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN
• “бухта”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “бухта”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “бухта”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)