бовча
Macedonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بوغچه (boğça) (Turkish bohça).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɔft͡ʃa]
- Hyphenation: бов‧ча
Noun
бовча • (bovča) f (diminutive бовче or бовчиче or бовчичка or бовчуле)
- bundle
- Synonym: врзоп (vrzop)
- bridal gift bundle (specifically the gift package from the bride to the groom's relatives/godparents)
- Synonym: бовчалак (bovčalak)
- (dialectal) apron
- Synonym: прегач (pregač)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | бовча (bovča) | бовчи (bovči) |
| definite unspecified | бовчата (bovčata) | бовчите (bovčite) |
| definite proximal | бовчава (bovčava) | бовчиве (bovčive) |
| definite distal | бовчана (bovčana) | бовчине (bovčine) |
| vocative | бовчо (bovčo) | бовчи (bovči) |
References
- “бовча” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu