канара

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كناره‎ (känarä, “edge, margin”), from Persian ‎ (kanâre, “edge, side”). Compare кена́р (kenár) from Ottoman Turkish كنار‎ (känar, “edge, margin”) from Persian ‎ (kanâr, “edge, side”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kənɐˈra]

Noun

канара́ • (kanará) f

crag, rock, cliff
Synonyms: скала́ (skalá), зъ́бер (zǎ́ber), (dialectal) ка́рпа (kárpa)
(figurative) severe, strong, hard as rock person

Declension

Declension of канара́

	singular	plural
indefinite	канара́ kanará	канари́ kanarí
definite	канара́та kanaráta	канари́те kanaríte

Derived terms

канари́ст (kanaríst, “rocky”)

Related terms

кена́р (kenár, “border, strip”) (dialectal)

References

канара in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
канара in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
Georgiev V. I., editor (1979), “канара¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 198

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