гювеч

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كوكج (güveç). Cognates include Greek γιουβέτσι (giouvétsi), Macedonian ѓувеч (ǵuveč), Romanian ghiveci and Serbo-Croatian ђувеч / đuveč.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡʲo̟ˈvɛt͡ʃ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛt͡ʃ
  • Syllabification(key): гю‧веч

Noun

гюве́ч • (gjuvéčm (diminutive гюве́че)

  1. earthenware stewpan
  2. stew made in this pot; hodge-podge; gyuvech (with meat, rice, vegetables, etc.)
    Зеле́ният боб че́сто присъ́ства в ле́тния гюве́ч.
    Zelénijat bob čésto prisǎ́stva v létnija gjuvéč.
    Green beans are often included in summer gyuvech.

Declension

Declension of гюве́ч
singular plural
indefinite гюве́ч
gjuvéč
гюве́чи
gjuvéči
definite
(subject form)
гюве́чът
gjuvéčǎt
гюве́чите
gjuvéčite
definite
(object form)
гюве́ча
gjuvéča
count form гюве́ча
gjuvéča

References

  • гювеч”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • гювеч”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “гювеч”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 307