бахър

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The term originated as a slang sense development of бахар (bahar, allspice) from Ottoman Turkish بهار (bahar, spice),[1][2] and has become a common colloquialism. Typologically compare French piquant (spicy; ice-cold).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɐˈxɤr]
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Noun

бахъ́р • (bahǎ́r) m (colloquial, slang)

  1. freezing cold
    Synonyms: мраз (mraz), студ (stud)
  2. (by extension) very cold weather
    голя́м бахъ́рgoljám bahǎ́rextremely cold, chilly weather

Declension

References

  1. Krǎsteva, Vesela (2003) “бахър”, in Тълковен речник на турцизмите в българския език [Explanatory Dictionary of Turkisms in the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Skorpio vi, page 46
  2. Rasiev, Turhan (2013) “бахар”, in Речник на турцизмите в българския език [Dictionary of Turkisms in Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), Varna: Zograf
  • бахър”, in BGJargon.com (in Bulgarian), 2007
  • Георги Армянов (1993) “бахар”, in Речник на българския жаргон [Dictionary of Bulgarian Slang] (in Bulgarian), 1st edition, Sofia: 7М + Логис, →ISBN, page 18
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