занаят

Bulgarian

Etymology

From an earlier занят (zanjat) (19 cent.), borrowed from Ottoman Turkish صنعت (sanat, zanat). Cognate with Turkish sanat.

The modern form is reanalyzed as if from Old Church Slavonic за(н)ѩти (za(n)jęti, “to occupy, to take part in”) (cf. Bulgarian занятие (zanjatie, “occupation”), занимание (zanimanie, “exercise, occupation”)).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [zɐnɐˈja̟t]
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Noun

заная́т • (zanaját) m

  1. craft, art (skilled practice)
    Synonyms: умение (umenie), изкуство (izkustvo), уметност (umetnost)
  2. profession
    Synonym: професия (profesija)
  3. occupation, exercise
    Synonyms: занятие (zanjatie), занимание (zanimanie), дейност (dejnost), задатие (zadatie)
  4. business
    Synonyms: поминък (pominǎk), бизнес (biznes)

Declension
Declension of заная́т
singular plural
indefinite заная́т
zanaját		 заная́ти
zanajáti
definite
(subject form)		 заная́тът
zanajátǎt		 заная́тите
zanajátite
definite
(object form)		 заная́та
zanajáta
count form — заная́та
zanajáta

Derived terms
  • занаятчия m (zanajatčija), занаятчийка f (zanajatčijka, “carftsman, artisan”)
    • занаятчийство (zanajatčijstvo, “craftsmanship”)
    • занаятчийски (zanajatčijski, “crafty”)
  • занаятлия (zanajatlija, “handy, crafty one”)

References
  • “занаят”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “занаят”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 599
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