баклага

Russian

Etymology

Uncertain. Attested since 16th century.

May be from some Turkic language, compare Crimean Tatar bakla (“wooden measure for grain”).

May be from some South Slavic language, compare Bulgarian бъ̀кел (bǎ̀kel), бъ̀клица (bǎ̀klica, “bottle”), Macedonian баклица (baklica, “water vessel”), Serbo-Croatian ба̏кла (“wooden vessel for water or alcohol”), and also Byzantine Greek μποῦκλα (mpoûkla, “wooden wine wessel”) (on the other hand, Greek μπουκάλι (boukáli, “bottle”), μπουκάλι (boukáli, “large bottle”) are less likely to be related).

Compare also Polish bukłak (“wineskin”) and dialectal Romanian butlágă, bătlag (“keg”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɐˈkɫaɡə]

Noun

бакла́га • (baklága) f inan (genitive бакла́ги, nominative plural бакла́ги, genitive plural бакла́г)

1. a type of flask for carrying liquids with hooks on the sides for straps
2. (colloquial) any flask for carrying liquids

Declension

Declension of бакла́га (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	бакла́га baklága	бакла́ги baklági
genitive	бакла́ги baklági	бакла́г baklág
dative	бакла́ге bakláge	бакла́гам baklágam
accusative	бакла́гу baklágu	бакла́ги baklági
instrumental	бакла́гой, бакла́гою baklágoj, baklágoju	бакла́гами baklágami
prepositional	бакла́ге bakláge	бакла́гах baklágax

Derived terms

• бакла́жка (baklážka, diminutive)

Synonyms

• фля́га (fljága)
• фля́жка (fljážka)