кукла

• IPA^(key): [ˈkukɫə]

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κούκλα (koúkla), from Latin cucūlla. Doublet of гу́гла (gúgla) and hood and куку́л (kukúl, “pointed hat”) - direct borrowings from Latin.

ку́кла • (kúkla) f

1. doll, puppet
2. (figurative) manipulated person

   кукла на конци

   kukla na konci

   one who is led by someone else

   (literally, “puppet on strings”)

3. (colloquial, figurative) cute girl, lolita
4. (dialectal, figurative) yarn woven into 5 strands, which together look like a human figure

• ку́кличка (kúklička) (diminutive)
• куклово́д (kuklovód, “puppeteer”)
• ку́клен (kúklen, “puppetry”)

• кукла in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik), under КУ̀КЛА¹, КУ̀КЛА²
• кукла in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
• Georgiev V. I., editor (1986), “кукла¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 90
• Georgiev V. I., editor (1986), “кукла²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 91

Likely from Proto-Slavic *kukъla, morphologically from кука (kuka, “hook”) +‎ -ла (-la).

ку́кла • (kúkla) f

1. (dialectal) hillock, cusp, rocky mound

   Synonyms: хълм (hǎlm), моги́ла (mogíla)

• чу́ка (čúka, “rocky summit”)

• кукла in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik), under КУ̀КЛА³
• Georgiev V. I., editor (1986), “кукла⁵”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 92
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kukъla”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 94

Possibly а feminine form of *kukъlь (“loop”), cognate with Lithuanian kukulỹs (“dumpling”). Related to Etymology 2.

ку́кла • (kúkla) f

1. (dialectal) snare, loop

   Synonym: бри́мка (brímka)

2. (dialectal) type of ceremonial braided bread served on Easter day (specifically Вели́кденска ку́кла (Velíkdenska kúkla))

   Synonym: козуна́к (kozunák)

• Великеднски обредни хлябове in Portal "Фолклор" at BNR.bg (website of the Bulgarian National Radio)

• кукла in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik), under КУ̀КЛА⁴
• Georgiev V. I., editor (1986), “кукла⁴”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 91
• Georgiev V. I., editor (1986), “кукла⁷”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 92

From Byzantine Greek κούκλα (koúkla), from Latin cuculla.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkukɫa]

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кукла • (kukla) f (related adjective куклен, diminutive кукличка or кукличе or кукле)

1. doll, puppet
2. (colloquial) pretty girl

Inherited from Old East Slavic кукла (kukla), from Byzantine Greek κούκλα (koúkla), from Latin cuculla.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkukɫə]

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ку́кла • (kúkla) f anim or f inan (genitive ку́клы, nominative plural ку́клы, genitive plural ку́кол, related adjective ку́кольный, diminutive ку́колка)

1. doll
2. puppet
3. (criminal slang) fake money

• куклово́д m (kuklovód)
• ку́кольник m (kúkolʹnik)

• → Czech: kukla
• → Polish: kukła