каракулак
Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish (dialectal) قرهقولاق (kara-kulak, “a type of weapon”), calqued from Classical Persian سیاهگوش (siyāh-gōš, literally “black ear”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɐˈrakoˈɫak]
Audio (Standard Bulgarian, l-vocalization): (file) - Syllabification(key): ка‧ра‧ку‧лак
Noun
кара́кула́к • (karákulák) m
- (also dialect) a type of traditional knife; also identified with a yataghan
- Near-synonym: ятага́н (jatagán)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | кара́кула́к karákulák |
кара́кула́ци karákuláci |
| definite (subject form) |
кара́кула́кът karákulákǎt |
кара́кула́ците karákulácite |
| definite (object form) |
кара́кула́ка karákuláka | |
| count form | — | кара́кула́ка karákuláka |
References
- “каракулак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “каракулак”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 235