чаршаф

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چارشاف (çârşaf), a contraction of چادر شب (çâdır-ı şeb, night covering, veil), from Classical Persian چادر شب (čādar-i šab).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃɐrˈʃa̟f]

Noun

чарша́ф • (čaršáfm

  1. sheet, spread, coverlet (particularly linen bedsheet, bedspread)
    Synonym: посте́ля (postélja)

Inflection

Declension of чарша́ф
singular plural
indefinite чарша́ф
čaršáf
чарша́фи
čaršáfi
definite
(subject form)
чарша́фът
čaršáfǎt
чарша́фите
čaršáfite
definite
(object form)
чарша́фа
čaršáfa
count form чарша́фа
čaršáfa

Alternative forms

  • черша́ф (čeršáf)dialectal

References

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

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چارشاف (çârşaf), from چادر شب (çâdır-ı şeb), from Persian چادر شب (čâdar-e šab), from چادر (čâdor, čâdar, covering) + شب (šab, night). Compare with чадор (čador).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃarʃaf]

Noun

чаршаф • (čaršafm (diminutive чаршафче)

  1. sheet, cloth, spread

Declension

Declension of чаршаф
singular plural
indefinite чаршаф (čaršaf) чаршафи (čaršafi)
definite unspecified чаршафот (čaršafot) чаршафите (čaršafite)
definite proximal чаршафов (čaršafov) чаршафиве (čaršafive)
definite distal чаршафон (čaršafon) чаршафине (čaršafine)
vocative чаршафу (čaršafu) чаршафи (čaršafi)
count form чаршафа (čaršafa)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چارشاف (çârşaf), from چادر شب (çâdır-ı şeb), from Persian چادر شب (čâdar-e šab).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃǎrʃaf/
  • Hyphenation: чар‧шаф

Noun

ча̀ршаф m inan (Latin spelling čàršaf)

  1. (regional, chiefly Bosnia, Serbia) bedsheet

Declension

Declension of чаршаф
singular plural
nominative чаршаф чаршафи
genitive чаршафа чаршафа
dative чаршафу чаршафима
accusative чаршаф чаршафе
vocative чаршафе чаршафи
locative чаршафу чаршафима
instrumental чаршафом чаршафима