замък
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Russian за́мок (zámok, “castle”), itself from Czech zamek (“lock, castle”), which is a calque of German Schloss.
Parallel to the native Bulgarian замка (zamka, “snare, knot (that locks)”), from Proto-Slavic *zamъka.
Noun
замък • (zamǎk) m
- castle (fortified building)
Alternative forms
- замъкъ (zamǎk) (pre-1945)
Inflection
Related terms
References
- “замък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 599