лопатар

• IPA^(key): [ɫopɐˈtar]
• Rhymes: -ar

лопа́та (lopáta, “shovel”) +‎ -ар (-ar)

лопата́р • (lopatár) m

1. shoveller (worker who uses or manages shovels)
2. (dated, figurative) rower

• “лопатар¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

From лопа́т (lopát, “spatulate”) (obsolete) +‎ -ар (-ar) in reference to the shape of the horns of the male fallow deer.

лопата́р • (lopatár) m

1. alternative form of елен-лопатар (elen-lopatar, “fallow deer”)

• “лопатар²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “лопатар¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Identical with Etymology 2 in reference to the shape of the beak of the bird.

лопата́р • (lopatár) m (feminine лопата́рка)

1. male spoonbill (wading bird of genus Platalea)

   Synonym: (dialectal) лъжича́рка (lǎžičárka)

2. (dialectal) male shovelard, shoveller (antanid bird of genus Spatula)

   Synonym: клопа́ч (klopáč)

• оби́кновен лопата́р (obíknoven lopatár, “Eurasian spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia”)
• африка́нски лопата́р (afrikánski lopatár, “African spoonbill, Platalea alba”)
• ро́зов лопата́р (rózov lopatár, “roseate spoonbill, Platalea ajaja”)

• “лопатар³”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “лопатар⁴”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “лопатар²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

From ло̀пата.

• IPA^(key): /lǒpataːr/
• Hyphenation: ло‧па‧тар

ло̀пата̄р m inan (Latin spelling lòpatār)

1. fallow deer

• “лопатар”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025