гуна

See also: гуня

Bulgarian

A girl dressed in гуна

Etymology

A Paleo-Balkan wanderwort akin to Byzantine Greek γούνα (goúna, coarse garment), Albanian gunë (goatskin coat), Latin gunna (leather garment). Possibly stemming back from Proto-Slavic *guna*guňa*guňь, an early Scythian borrowing ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gawnám (fur).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡunə]

Noun

гу́на (gúna) f (diminutive гу́нче or гу́ница)

  1. (historical) old-fashined coarse garment or gown
    Synonyms: наме́тка (namétka), шу́ба (šúba), ро́ба (róba)
  2. (dialectal) fur coat, cape
    Synonym: кожу́х (kožúh)

Declension

Alternative forms

Derived terms

  • гуне́тина (gunétina, leather coat) (dialectal)

References

Macedonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡuna]

Noun

гуна (guna) f (plural гуни, diminutive гунче)

  1. a type of garment

Declension

Russian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡunə]

Noun

гу́на (gúna) f anim (genitive гу́ны, nominative plural гу́ны, genitive plural гун)

  1. (archaic, colloquial) threadbare clothes, rags, tatters
  2. (archaic, colloquial, figurative) (male or female) sloven, slut, slattern

Declension

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