канара

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كناره (känarä, “edge, margin”), from Persian کناره (kanâre, “edge, side”). Compare кена́р (kenár) from Ottoman Turkish كنار (känar, “edge, margin”) from Persian کنار (kanâr, “edge, side”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kɐnɐˈra]
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Noun

канара́ • (kanará) f

  1. crag, rock, cliff
    Synonyms: скала́ (skalá), зъ́бер (zǎ́ber), (dialectal) ка́рпа (kárpa)
  2. (figurative) severe, strong, hard as rock person

Declension
Declension of канара́
singular plural
indefinite канара́
kanará		 канари́
kanarí
definite канара́та
kanaráta		 канари́те
kanaríte

Derived terms
  • канари́ст (kanaríst, “rocky”)
  • кена́р (kenár, “border, strip”) (dialectal)

References
  • “канара”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “канара”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “канара¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 198
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