багър
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *bagrъ (“treated with heat, thermic”). Originally an adjective, which later was fossilized into a noun. The female form багра (bagra) has also evolved into a noun, however, referring to a whole spectrum of shades of some hue, rather than to a particular degree.
The particular meaning "crimson" may have been influenced by Oghur *băɣŭr < Proto-Turkic *bakïr (“copper, dirt”) (cf. Chuvash пăхăр (păhăr, “copper”)), possibly of Iranian origin[1].
Pronunciation
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Noun
ба̀гър • (bàgǎr) m
Inflection
See also
бял (bjal) | сив (siv), сяр (sjar), сур (sur), грив (griv) | черен (čeren), вран (vran), вакъл (vakǎl), смугъл (smugǎl) |
ален (alen); червен (červen), румен (rumen), риж (riž); багър (bagǎr) | оранжев (oranžev), гранив (graniv), руд (rud); кафяв (kafjav), смядов (smjadov) | жълт (žǎlt); бежов (bežov), кремав (kremav) |
резедав (rezedav) | зелен (zelen) | |
плав (plav) | небесносин (nebesnosin), лазурен (lazuren) | син (sin); модър (modǎr) |
виолетов (violetov), вишняв (višnjav); индиго (indigo) | цикламен (ciklamen); лилав (lilav), пурпурен (purpuren) | розов (rozov) |
Further reading
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “багра”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 24
References
- “багър”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- ^ Ramstedt, Gustad John (1935): Kalmückisches Wörterbuch, Helsinki, p. 29