баница

See also: бањица

Bulgarian

Etymology

From (South) Proto-Slavic *gъbanica, *gybanica (“bending, folding”), in reference to the manner of preparation of banitsa (through folding of pastry sheets). Cognate with Macedonian баница (banica), Serbo-Croatian гибаница.

Noun

ба̀ница • (bànica) f

1. banitsa; a type of pie

Related terms

• гибам (gibam), огъвам (ogǎvam), гъна (gǎna, “to fold, to bend”)
• губя (gubja, “to lose”)
• гибел (gibel, “loss, doom, death”)

References

• “баница”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “баница”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 31

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Macedonian

Noun

баница • (banica) f (diminutive баничка)

1. banitsa; a type of pie

Inflection

Declension of баница

	singular	plural
indefinite	баница	баници
definite unspecified	баницата	баниците
definite proximal	баницава	банициве
definite distal	баницана	баницине
vocative	банице	баници

Related terms

• пита (pita)