пъдар

Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, пъ́дя (pǎ́dja, to chase away) +‎ -ар (-ar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɐˈdar]
  • Rhymes: -ar

Noun

пъда́р • (pǎdárm

  1. guard, patrol, watchman

Declension

Declension of пъда́р
singular plural
indefinite пъда́р
pǎdár
пъда́ри
pǎdári
definite
(subject form)
пъда́рят
pǎdárjat
пъда́рите
pǎdárite
definite
(object form)
пъда́ря
pǎdárja
count form пъда́ря
pǎdárja

Alternative forms

  • пада́р (padár), пуда́р (pudár)dialectal
  • пънда́р (pǎndár)in dialects with preserved nasalism
  • панду́р (pandúr, pandur) (Hundarian loanword, possibly of Slavic origin, akin to the current term)

References

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