чешири

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چاغشیر (čaɣšïr) (whence modern Turkish çakşır (dialectal)) + native plural marker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɛˈʃiri]

Noun

чеши́ри • (češíri) pl

1. (plural only) slacks, baggy trousers (worn in the Ottoman Empire)

Declension

Declension of чеши́ри

	plural
indefinite	чеши́ри češíri
definite	чеши́рите češírite

Coordinate terms

• га́щи (gášti, “trousers”)
• пантало́ни (pantalóni, “pants”)
• шалва́ри (šalvári, “wide pants, slacks”)
• поту́ри (potúri, “slacks”)

References

• “чешири”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “чешири”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010