джудже
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Modern Turkish cüce), from Persian جوجه or جوژه, interpreted as *-ę stem diminutive noun. Cognate with Macedonian џуџе (džudže).
Noun
джуджѐ • (džudžè) n
- (mythology) dwarf (creature from folklore)
- dwarf, midget (person or creature suffering from dwarfism)
Inflection
References
- “джудже”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “джудже”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 369