калайджия

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قالایجی (kalaycı, “tinsmith”). By surface analysis, кала́й (kaláj, “tin”) +‎ -джи́я (-džíja).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐɫɐjˈdʒijɐ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ijɐ
  • Syllabification(key): ка‧лай‧джи‧я
  • Hyphenation(key): ка‧лай‧джия

Noun

калайджи́я • (kalajdžíja) m (feminine калайджи́йка, relational adjective калайджи́йски)

  1. tinsmith, esp. a craftsman who tins copper pots

Declension

Declension of калайджи́я
singular plural
indefinite калайджи́я
kalajdžíja 		калайджи́и
kalajdžíi
definite калайджи́ята
kalajdžíjata 		калайджи́ите
kalajdžíite
vocative form калайджи́йо
kalajdžíjo 		калайджи́и
kalajdžíi

Derived terms

  • калайджи́йство (kalajdžíjstvo)

References

  • “калайджия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “калайджия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
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