колан
Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قولان (kolan), itself perhaps from Italian collana (“necklace”)[1]. Compare Serbo-Croatian колан/kolan (“girth”).
Noun
кола́н • (kolán) m
- girdle, belt
Declension
Declension of кола́н
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | кола́н kolán | кола́ни koláni |
| definite (subject form) | кола́нът kolánǎt | кола́ните kolánite |
| definite (object form) | кола́на kolána | |
| count form | — | кола́на kolána |
References
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1979), “кола̀н”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 547; the Italian origin of the Turkish word proposed by acad. Stefan Mladenov is described there as unconvincing, неубедително
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɔɫan]
Noun
колан • (kolan) m (diminutive коланче)
- belt
Declension
Declension of колан
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | колан | колани |
| definite unspecified | коланот | коланите |
| definite proximal | коланов | коланиве |
| definite distal | коланон | коланине |
| vocative | колану | колани |
| count form | — | колана |
Nanai
Noun
колан (kolan)
- insect