зехтин

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• (dialect) зейти́н (zejtín)
• (Eastern) зийти́н (zijtín), (Asia Minor and Göbel Bulgarian) зити́н (zitín), (Shipka) зайти́н (zajtín)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زیتین (zeytin, “olive”), from Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn, “olive”).

The -х takes the place of the expected -й- by way of excessively careful pronunciation (Bulgarian: свръхстарателност (svrǎhstaratelnost)), according to Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary. Compare Bulgarian зейтин (zejtin), as well as Macedonian зејтин (zejtin) and Serbo-Croatian zejtin, where this change does not occur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zɛxˈtin]

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Noun

зехти́н • (zehtín) m (relational adjective зехти́нен or зехти́нов)

1. (countable and uncountable) olive oil

   Synonyms: (archaic) дъ́рвено масло́ (dǎ́rveno masló), (archaic or obsolete) зехти́нено масло́ (zehtíneno masló)

2. (uncountable, dialect) sunflower oil

   Synonyms: о́лио (ólio), оли́вия (olívija)

Usage notes

Used in plural form only when referring to several kinds of olive oil.

Declension

Declension of зехти́н

	singular	plural
indefinite	зехти́н zehtín	зехти́ни zehtíni
definite (subject form)	зехти́нът zehtínǎt	зехти́ните zehtínite
definite (object form)	зехти́на zehtína
count form	—	зехти́на zehtína

Derived terms

• зехти́нли́ев (zehtínlíev)
• зехти́нли́я (zehtínlíja)
• зехти́нли́йка (zehtínlíjka, “olive-colored towel”)
• зехти́няв (zehtínjav, “containing or stained with olive oil”), зехтиня́в (zehtinjáv, “stained with olive oil”)
• зехти́нява (zehtínjava)

References

• “зехтин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “зехтин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “зехтѝн”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 637
• “зехтин”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 276