мусака

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish musakka, from Arabic مُسَقَّى (musaqqā), from the trilateral root ص ق ع (ṣ q ʕ): “to hit, to pound, to smash”. Cognates include Greek μουσακάς (mousakás), Romanian musaca and Serbo-Croatian musàka / муса̀ка.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mosɐˈka]
  • Hyphenation(key): му‧са‧ка

Noun

мусака́ • (musakáf

  1. moussaka, mousaka

Declension

Declension of мусака́
singular plural
indefinite мусака́
musaká
мусаки́
musakí
definite мусака́та
musakáta
мусаки́те
musakíte

References

  • мусака”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • мусака”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мусака́”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 337

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmusaka]
  • Hyphenation: му‧са‧ка

Noun

му́сака • (músakaf

  1. moussaka

Declension

Declension of мусака
singular
indefinite мусакаа (musakaa)
definite unspecified мусакаата (musakaata)
definite proximal мусакаава (musakaava)
definite distal мусакаана (musakaana)
vocative мусакао (musakao)

References

  • мусака” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu