юмрук

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یومروق (yumruk, “fist”), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yudruk (“fist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jo̟mˈruk]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -uk
• Hyphenation^(key): юм‧рук

Noun

юмру́к • (jumrúk) m (relational adjective юмру́чен, diminutive юмру́че)

1. fist
2. punch

Declension

Declension of юмру́к

	singular	plural
indefinite	юмру́к jumrúk	юмру́ци jumrúci
definite (subject form)	юмру́кът jumrúkǎt	юмру́ците jumrúcite
definite (object form)	юмру́ка jumrúka
count form	—	юмру́ка jumrúka

Synonyms

• пестни́к (pestník)
• пестни́ца (pestníca)

References

• Krǎsteva, Vesela (2003), “юмрук”, in Тълковен речник на турцизмите в българския език [Explanatory Dictionary of Turkisms in the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Skorpio vi, page 242