абаджия

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish عباجی (abacı). By surface analysis, аба́ (abá) +‎ -джи́я (-džíja).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐbɐˈdʒijɐ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

абаджи́я • (abadžíjam (feminine абаджи́йка, relational adjective абаджи́йски)

  1. male weaver of frieze (the cloth), male dealer in frieze (the cloth)
  2. male tailor

Declension

Declension of абаджи́я
singular plural
indefinite абаджи́я
abadžíja
абаджи́и
abadžíi
definite абаджи́ята
abadžíjata
абаджи́ите
abadžíite
vocative form абаджи́йо
abadžíjo
абаджи́и
abadžíi

Derived terms

Further reading

  • абаджия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • абаджия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “аба̀”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 1
  • абаджѝя”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 15