колан

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قولان (kolan), itself perhaps from Italian collana (necklace)[1]. Compare Serbo-Croatian колан/kolan (girth).

Noun

кола́н (kolánm

  1. girdle, belt

Declension

References

  1. ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кола̀н”, in Български етимологичен речник (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 547; the Italian origin of the Turkish word proposed by acad. Stefan Mladenov is described there as unconvincing, неубедително

Macedonian

Pronunciation

Noun

колан (kolanm (diminutive коланче)

  1. belt

Declension


Nanai

Noun

колан (kolan)

  1. insect