камара

Bulgarian

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish قامره‎ (kamara, “(legislative) chamber”), ultimately from Latin camera (“deliberative body”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkamərə]

Noun

ка́мара • (kámara) f

  1. (politics) a chamber of a legislative body
    Американският парламент се състои от две камари.
    Amerikanskijat parlament se sǎstoi ot dve kamari.
    The American parlaiment consists of two chambers.
Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Church Slavonic камара (kamara, “arch, vault”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkamərə]

Noun

ка́мара • (kámara) f

  1. (archaic) An arched or vaulted room.
Declension
Derived terms
  • кама́рка (kamárka, “room”)
  • кама́рица (kamárica)
  • ка́марца (kámarca)
  • ка́марче (kámarče), ка́марчица (kámarčica, “cupboard”)
  • камару́да (kamarúda)

Etymology 3

From Greek καμάρα (kamára, “vault, arch”). Also borrowed, with the same meaning, into Serbo-Croatian кȁмара.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐˈmarə]

Noun

кама́ра • (kamára) f

  1. pile, heap
  2. (with indefinite article) a load, a ton of (something)
    Даде ми той една камара работа, и не съм никък доволен.
    Dade mi toj edna kamara rabota, i ne sǎm nikǎk dovolen.
    He gave me a whole heap of work, and I'm not happy in the slightest.
Declension
Derived terms
  • кама́рест (kamárest, “piled-up”)
  • кама́рка (kamárka, “pile”, diminutive)
  • кама́рчинка (kamárčinka, “molehill”)
  • на кама́ра (na kamára, “all at once”)
  • кама́ря (kamárja, “to pile up”)
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