чиния

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چینی (çini), from Classical Persian چینی (čīnī, “Chinese porcelain, chinaware”), from چین (čīn, “China”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃiˈnijɐ]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ijɐ

Noun

чини́я • (činíja) f

1. plate (dish)
2. bowl

Declension

Declension of чини́я

	singular	plural
indefinite	чини́я činíja	чини́и činíi
definite	чини́ята činíjata	чини́ите činíite

References

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