аждер

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اژدر (ajder, ejder), from Persian اژدر (aždar). Cognate to Turkish ejder, Serbo-Croatian аждаја.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐʒˈdɛr]
• Hyphenation^(key): аж‧дер

Noun

ажде́р • (aždér) m

1. serpent, dragon (mythical creature with a snake-shaped body)

   Synonyms: змей (zmej), ламя́ (lamjá), дра́кон (drákon), ха́ла (hála)

2. (figurative) strapping young man

   Synonym: юна́к (junák)

3. (figurative) lightning-fast horse

Declension

Declension of ажде́р

	singular	plural
indefinite	ажде́р aždér	ажде́ри aždéri
definite (subject form)	ажде́рът aždérǎt	ажде́рите aždérite
definite (object form)	ажде́ра aždéra
count form	—	ажде́ра aždéra

References

• “аждер”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “аждер”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ажде́р”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 5
• “аждер”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 20

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اژدر (ajder, ejder), from Persian اژدر (aždar). Cognate to Turkish ejder, Serbo-Croatian аждаја.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaʒdɛr]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: аж‧дер

Noun

а́ждер • (ážder) m (plural а́ждери)

1. dragon (mythical creature)

   Synonyms: а́ла (ála), змеј (zmej), дра́кон (drákon)

2. (figurative) monster

Declension

Declension of аждер

	singular	plural
indefinite	аждер	аждери
definite unspecified	аждерот	аждерите
definite proximal	аждеров	аждериве
definite distal	аждерон	аждерине
vocative	аждеру	аждери
count form	—	аждера

Further reading

• “аждер” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
• Belčev, Tole (2016) “аждер”, in Речник на турцизми, архаизми, дијалектизми и ретко употребувани зборови во македонскиот јазик [Dictionary of Turkisms, Archaisms, Dialectisms and Rarely Used Words in the Macedonian Language]‎^[1] (in Macedonian), Štip: UGD, →ISBN, page 15