индиго

Borrowed from German Indigo, from Spanish índigo. For the “carbon paper” sense, compare Romanian hârtie indigo, of the same literal and actual meaning.

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• IPA^(key): [inˈdiɡo]
• Rhymes: -iɡo
• Syllabification^(key): ин‧ди‧го

инди́го • (indígo) n (relational adjective инди́гов)

1. indigo (color)
2. indigo, indigo plant (one of various plants with indigo-colored flowers)
3. carbon paper (type of paper used to make carbon copies)

   Synonym: копи́рна харти́я (kopírna hartíja)

• “индиго”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “индиго”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “индѝго”, in БЕРОН (Български езикови ресурси онлайн) [BERON (Bulgarian Language Resources Online)] (in Bulgarian), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2024

• IPA^(key): [ɪnʲˈdʲiɡə]

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инди́го • (indígo) n inan (indeclinable, relational adjective инди́говый)

1. indigo (dye)
2. indigo (color/colour)
3. indigo plant

• дитя инди́го (ditja indígo, “Indigo child”)