ханш

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from French hanche (whence also English haunch). Superseded native лѧдвьѥ (lędvĭje), preserved as obsolescent ле́джа (lédža, “lineage, descent”) (in figurative sense).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [xanʃ]

Noun

ханш • (hanš) m (diminutive ха́ншче)

  1. haunch, loin (transitional body part that connects the legs to the torso)
  2. (colloquial, figurative) waist
    Synonym: (standard) та́лия (tálija)
    те́сен ханш ― tésen hanš ― thin waist

Declension
Declension of ханш
singular plural
indefinite ханш
hanš		 ха́ншове
hánšove
definite
(subject form)		 ха́ншът
hánšǎt		 ха́ншовете
hánšovete
definite
(object form)		 ха́нша
hánša
count form — ха́нша
hánša

See also

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

Mongolian
MongolianCyrillic
ᠬᠠᠩᠰᠢ
(qaŋsi)		ханш
(xanš)

Etymology

From Chinese 行市 (hángshi, “quotation”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ханш • (xanš)

  1. quotation
  2. currency rate, exchange rate

Derived terms
  • ханшлах (xanšlax, “to quote”)
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