джанъм

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جانم (canım), cognate with Macedonian џанам (džanam).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdʒa̟nɐm]
  • Audio (Standard Bulgarian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -anɐm
  • Syllabification(key): джа‧нъм

Particle

джа́нъм • (džánǎm)

  1. (colloquial) dear, darling

References

  • “джанъм”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “джанъм”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “джа́нъм”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 356
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