канара

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كناره (känarä, “edge, margin”), from Classical Persian کناره (kanāra, “edge, side”). Compare кена́р (kenár) from Ottoman Turkish كنار (känar, “edge, margin”) from Classical Persian کنار (kanār, “edge, side”).

• IPA^(key): [kɐnɐˈra]

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• Rhymes: -ra
• Syllabification^(key): ка‧на‧ра

канара́ • (kanará) f

1. crag, rock, cliff

   Synonyms: скала́ (skalá), зъ́бер (zǎ́ber), (dialectal) ка́рпа (kárpa)

2. (figurative) severe, strong, hard as rock person

• канари́ст (kanaríst, “rocky”)

• кена́р (kenár, “border, strip”) (dialectal)

• “канара”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “канара”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “канара¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 198