карда

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

га́рда (gárda)

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek καρδάρα (kardára), derived καρδάρι (kardári) +‎ -α (-a) but reanalyzed as from -άρα (-ára) in Bulgarian, from Byzantine Greek καλδάριον (kaldárion), from Latin caldārium.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈkardɐ]
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Noun

ка́рда • (kárda) f

(dialectal) a gourd to draw water

Declension

Declension of ка́рда

	singular	plural
indefinite	ка́рда kárda	ка́рди kárdi
definite	ка́рдата kárdata	ка́рдите kárdite

References

Bernard, Roger (1948) “Mots grecs en bulgare”, in Bulletin de la Société de linguistique de Paris‎ (in French), volume 44, fasc. I, num. 128, pages 102–103
Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “ка́рда”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 244
Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “га́рда”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 231

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