чешма

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چشمه (çeşme, fountain, spring), from Classical Persian چَشْمَه (čašma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃɛʃˈma]
  • Rhymes: -ma

Noun

чешма́ • (češmáf

  1. tap
  2. drinking fountain

Declension

Declension of чешма́
singular plural
indefinite чешма́
češmá
чешми́
češmí
definite чешма́та
češmáta
чешми́те
češmíte

References

  • Krǎsteva, Vesela (2003) “чешма”, in Тълковен речник на турцизмите в българския език [Explanatory Dictionary of Turkisms in the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Skorpio vi, page 228

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چشمه (çeşme, fountain, spring), from Classical Persian چَشْمَه (čašma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛʃma]

Noun

чешма • (češmaf (plural чешми, relational adjective чешмен, diminutive чешмиче or чешмичка)

  1. tap
  2. drinking fountain

Declension

Declension of чешма
singular plural
indefinite чешма (češma) чешми (češmi)
definite unspecified чешмата (češmata) чешмите (češmite)
definite proximal чешмава (češmava) чешмиве (češmive)
definite distal чешмана (češmana) чешмине (češmine)
vocative чешмо (češmo) чешми (češmi)

Derived terms

  • чешмен (češmen)
  • чешмеџија m (češmedžija)
  • чешмурка f (češmurka)

References

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