зестра

Bulgarian

Etymology

Akin to Romanian zestre (“dowry”), possibly from Vulgar Latin dexterae pl (“pledging”). According to St. Mladenov, the Bulgarian and Romanian terms may alternatively stem from Proto-Slavic *zęt- (“kinship”) +‎ *-tra.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈzɛstrə]

Noun

зе́стра • (zéstra) f (related adjective зе́стрен, diminutive зе́стрица)

  1. dowry (gift presented to a newlywed family by the bride's kin)
    Synonyms: вено́ (venó), чеи́з (čeíz), прид (prid), при́дан (prídan)

Declension
Declension of зе́стра
singular plural
indefinite зе́стра
zéstra		 зе́стри
zéstri
definite зе́страта
zéstrata		 зе́стрите
zéstrite

References
  • зестра in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
  • зестра in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
  • Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971) , “зестра”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 636
  • Gerov, Najden (1895) , “зе́стра”, in Rěčnik na blǎgarskyj jazyk [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Družestvena pečatnica “Sǎglasie”, page 152
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