боркиня

Bulgarian

Etymology

From боре́ц (boréc, “wrestler”) +‎ -иня (-inja).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [borˈkinʲɐ]

• Audio:

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Noun

борки́ня • (borkínja) f (masculine боре́ц)

1. female equivalent of боре́ц (boréc): female wrestler, fighter

Declension

Declension of борки́ня

	singular	plural
indefinite	борки́ня borkínja	борки́ни borkíni
definite	борки́нята borkínjata	борки́ните borkínite
vocative form	борки́ньо borkínjo	борки́ни borkíni

Related terms

• боря́к (borják, “champion, fighter”)

References

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