аджемия
Bulgarian
Alternative forms
- аджами́я (adžamíja)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عجمی (acemi, “foreigner, novice”), from Arabic عجم (ʕajam, “non-Arab, Persian”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɐdʒɛˈmijɐ]
Audio: (file)
Noun
аджеми́я • (adžemíja) m (feminine аджеми́йка, relational adjective аджеми́йски)
- inexperienced person, novice
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | аджеми́я adžemíja |
аджеми́и adžemíi |
| definite | аджеми́ята adžemíjata |
аджеми́ите adžemíite |
| vocative form | аджеми́йо adžemíjo |
аджеми́и adžemíi |
Derived terms
- аджеми́йка (adžemíjka)
- аджеми́йски (adžemíjski)
- аджемилъ́к (adžemilǎ́k)
References
- “аджамия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “аджемия”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 4