буркан

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Bulgarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Romanian borcan, possibly from Hungarian borkan (wine pitcher), from bor (wine) +‎ kancsó (pitcher, jug).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [borˈkan]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Hyphenation(key): бур‧кан

Noun[edit]

бурка́н (burkánm (diminutive бурка́нче)

  1. jar
  2. a jarful
  3. (figurative, colloquial) police car roof light

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • буркан”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • буркан”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “буркан”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 91