палачор

Bulgarian

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Turkish palaçor (“old shabby garment”), from Greek παλιατζούρα (paliatzoúra, “junk; old useless item”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [pɐɫɐˈt͡ʃɔr]
  • Hyphenation(key): па‧ла‧чор

Noun

палачо́р • (palačór) m (relational adjective палачо́рски) (regional, derogatory, colloquial)

  1. slovenly or unkempt person; pig
    Synonym: мърля́ч (mǎrljáč)
  2. someone who does things in a careless, negligent or halfhearted way

Declension
Declension of палачо́р
singular plural
indefinite палачо́р
palačór		 палачо́ри
palačóri
definite
(subject form)		 палачо́рът
palačórǎt		 палачо́рите
palačórite
definite
(object form)		 палачо́ра
palačóra
count form — палачо́ра
palačóra

References
  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “палачор”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 24
  • “палачор”, in BGJargon.com (in Bulgarian), 2007
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