камара

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قامره (kamara, “(legislative) chamber”), ultimately from Latin camera (“deliberative body”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkamɐrɐ]

Noun

ка́мара • (kámara) f

1. (politics) a chamber of a legislative body

   Американският парламент се състои от две камари.

   Amerikanskijat parlament se sǎstoi ot dve kamari.

   The American parlaiment consists of two chambers.

Declension

Declension of ка́мара

	singular	plural
indefinite	ка́мара kámara	ка́мари kámari
definite	ка́марата kámarata	ка́марите kámarite

Etymology 2

From Old Church Slavonic камара (kamara, “arch, vault”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkamɐrɐ]

Noun

ка́мара • (kámara) f

1. (archaic) an arched or vaulted room

Declension

Declension of ка́мара

	singular	plural
indefinite	ка́мара kámara	ка́мари kámari
definite	ка́марата kámarata	ка́марите kámarite

Derived terms

• кама́рка (kamárka, “room”)
• кама́рица (kamárica)
• ка́марца (kámarca)
• ка́марче (kámarče), ка́марчица (kámarčica, “cupboard”)
• камару́да (kamarúda)

Related terms

• кама́ра (kamára, “(winter) storehouse”)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Greek καμάρα (kamára, “vault, arch”). Also borrowed, with the same meaning, into Serbo-Croatian кȁмара.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈmarɐ]

Noun

кама́ра • (kamára) f

1. pile, heap
2. (with indefinite article) a load, a ton of (something)

   Даде ми той една камара работа, и не съм никък доволен.

   Dade mi toj edna kamara rabota, i ne sǎm nikǎk dovolen.

   He gave me a whole heap of work, and I'm not happy in the slightest.

Declension

Declension of кама́ра

	singular	plural
indefinite	кама́ра kamára	кама́ри kamári
definite	кама́рата kamárata	кама́рите kamárite

Derived terms

• кама́рест (kamárest, “piled-up”)
• кама́рка (kamárka, “pile”, diminutive)
• кама́рчинка (kamárčinka, “molehill”)
• на кама́ра (na kamára, “all at once”)
• кама́ря (kamárja, “to pile up”)

Anagrams

• макара (makara)