абдест

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آبدست (âbdest), from Persian آبدست (âbdast), compound of آب (āb, “water”) and دست (dast, “hand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐbˈdɛst]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -ɛst
• Hyphenation^(key): аб‧дест

Noun

абде́ст • (abdést) m

1. (Islam) abdest (the Islamic act of washing parts of the body using water for ritual prayers and for handling and reading the Qur'an)

Declension

Declension of абде́ст

	singular	plural
indefinite	абде́ст abdést	абде́сти abdésti
definite (subject form)	абде́стът abdéstǎt	абде́стите abdéstite
definite (object form)	абде́ста abdésta
count form	—	абде́ста abdésta

References

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

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آبدست (âbdest), from Persian آبدست (âbdast).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [abˈdɛst]
• Rhymes: -ɛst

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

абдест • (abdest) m

1. (Islam) abdest
2. (Islam) ablution

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آبدست (âbdest), from Persian آبدست (âbdast).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐbˈdʲest]

Noun

абде́ст • (abdést) m inan (genitive абде́ста, uncountable)

1. (Islam) abdest, wudu (Islamic procedure of ablution)

   Synonyms: ву́ду (vúdu), омове́ние (omovénije)

Declension

Declension of абде́ст (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	абде́ст abdést
genitive	абде́ста abdésta
dative	абде́сту abdéstu
accusative	абде́ст abdést
instrumental	абде́стом abdéstom
prepositional	абде́сте abdéste

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• а̀бдес, а̀вдест

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آبدست (âbdest), from Persian آبدست (âbdast).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǎbdest/
• Hyphenation: аб‧дест

Noun

а̀бдест m inan (Latin spelling àbdest)

1. (Islam) abdest

Declension

Declension of абдест

	singular
nominative	абдест
genitive	абдеста
dative	абдесту
accusative	абдест
vocative	абдесте
locative	абдесту
instrumental	абдестом