Онгъл
Bulgarian
Etymology
Of uncertain origin. Attested as Ὀγγλος (Onglos) in Byzantine Greek.
Resembles:
- Proto-Slavic *ǫgъlъ (“corner”), parallel to (Standard) Bulgarian ъгъл (ǎgǎl). Akin to Proto-Germanic *anguz (“narrow”) (whence comes the endonym of the Angles), Latin angulus (“angle”), Ancient Greek ἀγκύλος (ankúlos, “crooked”).
- Oghur *oŋul (“opposite side, exterior”), akin to Turkish ön (“front”), Bashkir уң (uñ, “right”), Yakut уҥa (uŋa, “opposite bank of a river”), from Proto-Turkic *oŋ- (“to set in order”).
It is not known if the toponym was given by the Bulgars (or their Slavic allies) themselves or continues an earlier name inherited by the local population.
Proper noun
Онгъл • (Ongǎl) m
- Onglos (area at the delta of Danube, where Asparukh's Bulgars first settled on the Balkans in 680)
Inflection
Inflection of Онгъл
singular | plural | |
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indefinite | Онгъл | Онгъли |
definite (subject form) | Онгълът | Онгълите |
definite (object form) | Онгъла | |
count form | — | Онгъла |
vocative form | Онгъле | Онгъли |