дервен

Bulgarian

Alternative forms
  • дервент (dervent)

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دربند‎ (derbent, dervent, “narrows, pass; derbend”) through Greek δερβένι (dervéni, “narrows, pass”), ultimately from Persian دربند‎ (darband, “narrows, pass”). The alternate form дервент (dervent) is attested later, and was formed from дервен (derven) under the influence of Turkish.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [dɛrˈvɛn]

Noun

дерве́н • (dervén) m

  1. (obsolete) narrows, usually referring to a narrow mountain pass
    Synonym: проход (prohod)

Declension
Declension of дерве́н
singular plural
indefinite дерве́н
dervén		 дерве́ни
dervéni
definite
(subject form)		 дерве́нът
dervénǎt		 дерве́ните
dervénite
definite
(object form)		 дерве́на
dervéna
count form — дерве́на
dervéna

Further reading

Macedonian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دربند‎ (dervent, “narrows, pass; derbend”) through Greek δερβένι (dervéni, “narrows, pass”), ultimately from Persian دربند‎ (darband, “narrows, pass”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈdɛrvɛn]

Noun

дервен • (derven) m (related adjective дервенски)

  1. gorge, canyon
    Synonyms: клисура (klisura), кланец (klanec)
  2. derbend

Declension
Declension of дервен
singular plural
indefinite дервен дервени
definite unspecified дервенот дервените
definite proximal дервенов дервениве
definite distal дервенон дервенине
vocative дервену дервени
count form — дервена

Derived terms

References
  • Belčev, Tole (2016), “дервен”, in Речник на турцизми, архаизми, дијалектизми и ретко употребувани зборови во македонскиот јазик [Dictionary of Turkisms, Archaisms, Dialectisms and Rarely Used Words in the Macedonian Language] (in Macedonian), Štip: UGD, →ISBN, page 46
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