занаят

Bulgarian

Etymology

From an earlier занят (zanjat) (19 cent.), borrowed from Ottoman Turkish صنعت (sanat, zanat). Cognate with Turkish sanat.

The modern form is reanalyzed as if from Old Church Slavonic за(н)ѩти (za(n)jęti, “to occupy, to take part in”) (cf. Bulgarian занятие (zanjatie, “occupation”), занимание (zanimanie, “exercise, occupation”)).

Noun

заная̀т • (zanajàt) m

1. craft, art (skilled practice)

   Synonyms: умение (umenie), изкуство (izkustvo), уметност (umetnost)

2. profession

   Synonym: професия (profesija)

3. occupation, exercise

   Synonyms: занятие (zanjatie), занимание (zanimanie), дейност (dejnost), задатие (zadatie)

4. business

   Synonyms: поминък (pominǎk), бизнес (biznes)

Derived terms

• занаятчия m (zanajatčija), занаятчийка f (zanajatčijka, “carftsman, artisan”)
  • занаятчийство (zanajatčijstvo, “craftsmanship”)
  • занаятчийски (zanajatčijski, “crafty”)
• занаятлия (zanajatlija, “handy, crafty one”)

References

• “занаят”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “занаят”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 599