Стефан
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Bulgarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Byzantine Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos, “wreath, crown”), spread with the adoption of Christianity.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Сте́фан • (Stéfan) m (feminine Сте́фка or Стефа́ния, diminutive Сте́фчо)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Stephen
Alternative forms
[edit]- Сте́пан (Stépan) — archaic, dialectal
- Ще́фан (Štéfan), Че́фан (Čéfan) — colloquial
- Сти́вън (Stívǎn) — modern adaptation, from English
Macedonian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Стефан • (Stefan) m
- a male given name, Stefan, variant of Стеван (Stevan), feminine equivalent Стефана (Stefana), Стефанка (Stefanka), or Стефанија (Stefanija), equivalent to English Stephan, Stephen, or Steven
- A transliteration of the English male given name Stephan
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Categories:
- Bulgarian terms borrowed from Byzantine Greek
- Bulgarian terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- Bulgarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Bulgarian lemmas
- Bulgarian proper nouns
- Bulgarian masculine nouns
- Bulgarian given names
- Bulgarian male given names
- Macedonian 2-syllable words
- Macedonian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Macedonian paroxytone terms
- Macedonian lemmas
- Macedonian proper nouns
- Macedonian masculine nouns
- Macedonian given names
- Macedonian male given names
- Macedonian renderings of English male given names
- Macedonian terms derived from English
- Macedonian terms borrowed from English