джудже

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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

  1. (mythology) dwarf (creature from folklore)
  2. dwarf, midget (person or creature suffering from dwarfism)

Inflection

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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
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