жерка

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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From an earlier *жернка (*žernka), a diminutive form of Proto-Slavic *žьrny (millstone) + -ка (-ka).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʒɛrkɐ]
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Noun

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же́рка (žérkaf

  1. (archaic, dialectal) millstone
  2. (by specification) gizzard, gastric mill (part of the digestive tract of birds and other archosaurs)

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References

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  • жерка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • жерка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “жерка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 537