перка

Instrumental noun of пе́ря (pérja, “to go goosy, to bristle up one's feathers”) +‎ -ка (-ka).

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛrkɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛrkɐ
• Syllabification^(key): пер‧ка

пе́рка • (pérka) f

1. (obsolete) small wing, pinna
2. (ichthyology, zootomy) fin (one of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver)
3. (by extension) mechanical propeller
   1. airscrew (of an airplane); rotor blade (of a helicopter)
   2. vane (of a turbine)
   3. paddle, blade (of a paddle wheel)
   4. float (of a boat)
   5. (figurative) hand of a mechanical clock

• пе́рча се (pérča se, “to swagger”)

• “перка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “перка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “перка”, in ЛексИт [LexIt] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov; Тодор Панчев (1901), “пе́рка”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 4, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 24
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “перка¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 174

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛrka]

перка • (perka) f

1. fin