блана
Bulgarian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *bolna, formally from Proto-Indo-European *bʰоlH- (“pale, bright”) + -на (-na). Loaned into Aromanian blană (“clump, clod”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bɫɐˈna]
Audio: (file)
Noun
блана́ • (blaná) f (dialectal)
- piece of sod, turf, sward (lump of soil with growing vegetation on it)
- Synonym: чим (čim)
- (obsolete) dry peat or compost used in the past as a rudimentary fuel (instead of coals)
- (figurative) bland, insipid mixture
- Synonyms: бълво́ч (bǎlvóč), блудкавина́ (bludkaviná)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | блана́ blaná |
блани́ blaní |
| definite | бланата́ blanatá |
блани́те blaníte |
Derived terms
- блана́в (blanáv, “bland, muddy”)
Related terms
- бла́то (bláto, “swamp”)
References
- “блана”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- Nayden Gerov (1895) “блана́”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language][1] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 47
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “блана”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 54