Коледа

Bulgarian

Коледуване

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kolęda, from Latin kalendae (first day of the month). Originally referring to a pagan winter festival, where carollers (typically men or children) visit households and wish the hosts an abundant and healthy incoming year.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkɔlɛdɐ]
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Proper noun

Ко́леда • (Kóleda) f (relational adjective ко́леден)

  1. (obsolete) carolling
    Synonyms: коледу́ване (koledúvane), (dialectal) кола́дство (koládstvo)
  2. Christmas
    Synonyms: Рождество Христово (Roždestvo Hristovo), Божик (Božik)
    на Коледаna Koledaat Christmas
    по Коледаpo Koledaat Christmastide
    су́ха/ма́лка Ко́ледаsúha/málka Kóledathe day before Christmas
    Честита КоледаČestita KoledaMerry Christmas
    Дядо КоледаDjado KoledaFather Christmas, Santa Claus

Declension

Alternative forms

  • Ко́ленда (Kólenda), Ко́лада (Kólada) dialectal

Derived terms

  • ко́ледувам (kóleduvam, to carol)
  • коледа́р (koledár), колежда́нин (koleždánin), колежда́нец (koleždánec, caroller)
  • ко́ледница (kólednica, carol, Christmas song)

See also

  • Бъдни вечер (Bǎdni večer, Christmas Eve)
  • Сурва (Surva, New Year)
  • Мръсни дни (Mrǎsni dni, dirty days"), Некръстени дни (Nekrǎsteni dni, unbaptized days) (period between Christmas and Baptism of Jesus's day)
  • Колог (Kolog), Коложег (Koložeg) (archaic name of December)

References

  • Коледа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Коледа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “коледа”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 551
  • колѧда in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"

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