таласъм

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (tılısım, tılsım, “talisman; magic, sorcery; ghost, apparition”), from Arabic طَلَاسِم (ṭalāsim) - plural of طِلَسْم (ṭilasm, “enigma; talisman”), from Ancient Greek τέλεσμα (télesma, “talisman; sanctified object”). Cognate with Macedonian таласам (talasam). Compare Turkish tılsım (“charm, talisman”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [tɐɫɐˈsɤm]
  • Hyphenation(key): та‧ла‧съм

Noun

таласъ́м • (talasǎ́m) m (relational adjective таласъ́мски, diminutive таласъ́мче) (dialectal)

  1. bug-a-boo, bogey, hobgoblin; apparition (evil nocturnal spirit that frightens people)
    Synonym: карако́нджул (karakóndžul)
  2. (figurative) night owl (person who is active at night)
    Synonym: но́щна пти́ца (nóštna ptíca)

Declension
Declension of таласъ́м
singular plural
indefinite таласъ́м
talasǎ́m		 таласъ́ми
talasǎ́mi
definite
(subject form)		 таласъ́мът
talasǎ́mǎt		 таласъ́мите
talasǎ́mite
definite
(object form)		 таласъ́ма
talasǎ́ma
count form — таласъ́ма
talasǎ́ma

References
  • “таласъм”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “таласъм”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “таласъм”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 778
  • Krǎsteva, Vesela (2003) “таласъм”, in Тълковен речник на турцизмите в българския език [Explanatory Dictionary of Turkisms in the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Skorpio vi, page 190
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