чивия

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چیوی (çivi), see there for cognates.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃiˈvijɐ]

Noun

чиви́я • (čivíja) f (regional, South Bulgaria, and there often archaic)

  1. pin, peg, bolt, gib, nail

Declension

Declension of чиви́я
singular plural
indefinite чиви́я
čivíja 		чиви́и
čivíi
definite чиви́ята
čivíjata 		чиви́ите
čivíite

References

  • Krǎsteva, Vesela (2003) “чивия”, in Тълковен речник на турцизмите в българския език [Explanatory Dictionary of Turkisms in the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Skorpio vi, page 229
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