колан

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قولان‎ (kolan), itself perhaps from Italian collana (“necklace”)[1]. Compare Serbo-Croatian колан/kolan (“girth”).

Noun

кола́н • (kolán) m

  1. girdle, belt

Declension
Declension of кола́н
singular plural
indefinite кола́н
kolán		 кола́ни
koláni
definite
(subject form)		 кола́нът
kolánǎt		 кола́ните
kolánite
definite
(object form)		 кола́на
kolána
count form — кола́на
kolána

References
  1. Georgiev V. I., editor (1979), “кола̀н”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 547; the Italian origin of the Turkish word proposed by acad. Stefan Mladenov is described there as unconvincing, неубедително

Macedonian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkɔɫan]

Noun

колан • (kolan) m (diminutive коланче)

  1. belt

Declension
Declension of колан
singular plural
indefinite колан колани
definite unspecified коланот коланите
definite proximal коланов коланиве
definite distal коланон коланине
vocative колану колани
count form — колана

Nanai

Noun

колан (kolan)

  1. insect
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