потурнак

Bulgarian

Etymology

поту́ри (potúri, “culottes, a kind of pants supposed to be worn in particular by Turkicized people”) +‎ -нак (-nak), so it has been reinterpreted as поту́рча се (potúrča se, “to convert into a Türk”) +‎ -нак (-nak).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [potorˈnak]

Noun

потурна́к • (poturnák) m

  1. (religious slur) Bulgarian who has converted to Islam and has decided to self-identify as a Türk

Usage notes

The term has negative connotations. For a Bulgarian muslim, who has converted to Islam but has preserved their native language and identity, the non-pejorative term Bulgarian пома́к (pomák) is used.

Declension
Declension of потурна́к
singular plural
indefinite потурна́к
poturnák		 потурна́ци
poturnáci
definite
(subject form)		 потурна́кът
poturnákǎt		 потурна́ците
poturnácite
definite
(object form)		 потурна́ка
poturnáka
count form — потурна́ка
poturnáka
vocative form потурна́ко
poturnáko		 потурна́ци
poturnáci

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