пуйка

Bulgarian

Дива пуйка

Etymology

Agent noun from пу́я се (púja se, “to perk, to swank”) (dialectal) +‎ -ка (-ka), literally “perking (bird)”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpujkɐ]

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• Rhymes: -ujkɐ

Noun

пу́йка • (pújka) f (masculine пу́як, relational adjective пу́йчи, diminutive пу́йче)

1. female equivalent of пу́як (pújak): turkey-hen (female turkey)

   Synonyms: (colloquial) миси́рка (misírka), (dialectal) фи́тка (fítka)

2. (by generalization) turkey (pheasant-like fowl of genus Meleagris)

Declension

Declension of пу́йка

	singular	plural
indefinite	пу́йка pújka	пу́йки pújki
definite	пу́йката pújkata	пу́йките pújkite
vocative form	пу́йко pújko	пу́йки pújki

References

• “пуйка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “пуйка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010