капама
Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قپامه (kapama, “an act of shutting, closing, confining; a kind of coat or cloak closing in front; a kind of stew, prepared in a closed vessel”), from قپامق (ḳapamaḳ, “to close, to shut, to confine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɐpɐˈma]
- Rhymes: -ma
- Syllabification(key): ка‧па‧ма
Noun
капама́ • (kapamá) f
- kapama (traditional Southwestern Bulgarian dish made with sauerkraut, rice, various meats (pork, veal, black pudding, sausage, chicken, rabbit, etc.), spiced with black pepper, bay leaf and garlic, and prepared usually in an earthenware pot)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | капама́ kapamá |
капами́ kapamí |
| definite | капама́та kapamáta |
капами́те kapamíte |
References
- “капама”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “капама”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “капама”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 214