лефер

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لوفر (lüfer), from Greek λουφάρι (loufári). Compare Turkish lüfer and Russian луфарь (lufarʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lɛˈfɛr]
• Hyphenation: ле‧фер

Noun

лефе́р • (lefér) m

1. bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)

Declension

Declension of лефе́р

	singular	plural
indefinite	лефе́р lefér	лефе́ри leféri
definite (subject form)	лефе́рът leférǎt	лефе́рите leférite
definite (object form)	лефе́ра leféra
count form	—	лефе́ра leféra

References

• “лефер”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “лефер”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “лефер”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 377

Anagrams

• релеф (relef)