чекор

че́кам, че́кна (čékam, čékna, “to split, to break off”) +‎ -ор (-or)

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛkor]

че́кор • (čékor) m (dialectal)

1. (dated, in Gerov) branching, bifurcation (in stem growth)
2. (Central dialects) span, split, twine (as a posture)

   Synonyms: шпага́т (špagát), разкра́ч (razkráč)

3. (Southwestern dialects) step, tread (as an action)

   Synonyms: стъ́пка (stǎ́pka), кра́чка (kráčka)

• чеко́ря (čekórja, “to straddle”) (dialectal)

• че́кнене (čéknene, “strange posture”) (colloquial)

• “чекор”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov, Тодор Панчев (1904) “че́коръ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 538

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• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛkɔr]
• Hyphenation: че‧кор

чекор • (čekor) m (plural чекори, diminutive чекорче)

1. step (act of stepping, a distinct part of a process)