карда
Bulgarian
Alternative forms
- га́рда (gárda)
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek καρδάρα (kardára), derived καρδάρι (kardári) + -α (-a) but reanalyzed as from -άρα (-ára) in Bulgarian, from Byzantine Greek καλδάριον (kaldárion), from Latin caldārium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkardə]
Noun
ка́рда • (kárda) f
- (dialectal) a gourd to draw water
Declension
Declension of ка́рда
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ка́рда kárda | ка́рди kárdi |
| definite | ка́рдата kárdata | ка́рдите kárdite |
References
- Bernard, Roger (1948), “Mots grecs en bulgare”, in Bulletin de la Société de linguistique de Paris (in French), volume 44, fasc. I, num. 128, pages 102–103
- Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1979), “ка́рда”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 244
- Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971), “га́рда”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 231