стопанин

Bulgarian

Etymology

From an earlier (dialectal) стопа́н (stopán) +‎ (agentive suffix) -ин (-in). Formally reflects Proto-Slavic *stopan(in)ъ which yielded Old Church Slavonic стопанъ (stopanŭ), Serbo-Croatian стопан, Macedonian стопан (stopan) and was loaned into Romanian stăpân, but beyond that - of uncertain origin.

Proposed etymologies include:

• Georgiev, Simeonov: From a Balkan substratum, akin to Albanian shtëpâ (“head shepherd; cheese-making shepherd”), shtëpi (“home”). Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *stabaz (“staff”), Latvian stabs (“pole, post”), Old Prussian stabis (“foundation stone”), Proto-Slavic *stoborъ (“fence”) (effectively from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ- (“to stiffen”)). Albanologists (Çabej, Huld, Orel) consider the Albanian terms loanwords from Slavic or Greek (or Latin);
• Miklošich, Barić: Possibly from a metathesis of Latin *hospitanus (“hospitable”), hospitium (“inn, lodging”);
• Mladenov: From p-extension of Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stay, to stand”), akin to Lithuanian stapytis (“to stand still”), Sanskrit स्थापयति (sthāpayati, “to cause to stay or keep”). Further related to Czech statkář (“property owner”);
• Detschew: Second element from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-no-s (“protector”), perhaps of Iranian origin. Compare the second element of Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎱𐎠𐎺𐎠 (x-š-ç-p-a-v-a /⁠xšaçapāvā⁠/, “satrap”), Sanskrit क्षत्रप (kṣatrapa).

Noun

стопа́нин • (stopánin) m (feminine стопа́нка)

1. master, property owner, host

   Synonym: домакин (domakin)

2. (dialectal) home spirit, protector of property (mythological)

Declension

Declension of стопа́нин

	singular	plural
indefinite	стопа́нин stopánin	стопа́ни stopáni
definite (subject form)	стопа́нинът stopáninǎt	стопа́ните stopánite
definite (object form)	стопа́нина stopánina
count form	—	стопа́нина stopánina
vocative form	стопа́нино stopánino	стопа́ни stopáni

Related terms

• стопа́н m (stopán), стопа́нка f (stopánka), стопа́нче n (stopánče)
• стопа́нство (stopánstvo, “property”)
• стопа́нисвам (stopánisvam, “to manage property”)

Further reading

• stăpîn in Dex.ro (in Romanian)

References

• “стопанин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “стопанин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “стопанин”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 477

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈstɔpanin]

Noun

стопанин • (stopanin) m (plural стопани, feminine стопанка, relational adjective стопански)

1. master, owner (of cattle, of an inn, etc.)

Declension

Declension of стопанин

	singular	plural
indefinite	стопанин	стопани
definite unspecified	стопанинот	стопаните
definite proximal	стопанинов	стопаниве
definite distal	стопанинон	стопанине
vocative	стопанину	стопани
count form	—	стопанина

Synonyms

• стопан (stopan)