чешма

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چشمه (çeşme, “fountain, spring”), from Classical Persian چَشْمَه (čašma).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃɛʃˈma]
  • Rhymes: -ma

Noun

чешма́ • (češmá) f

  1. tap
  2. drinking fountain

Declension
Declension of чешма́
singular plural
indefinite чешма́
češmá		 чешми́
češmí
definite чешма́та
češmáta		 чешми́те
češmíte

References
  • Krǎsteva, Vesela (2003) “чешма”, in Тълковен речник на турцизмите в българския език [Explanatory Dictionary of Turkisms in the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Skorpio vi, page 228

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چشمه (çeşme, “fountain, spring”), from Classical Persian چَشْمَه (čašma).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛʃma]

Noun

чешма • (češma) f (plural чешми, relational adjective чешмен, diminutive чешмиче or чешмичка)

  1. tap
  2. drinking fountain

Declension
Declension of чешма
singular plural
indefinite чешма чешми
definite unspecified чешмата чешмите
definite proximal чешмава чешмиве
definite distal чешмана чешмине
vocative чешмо чешми

Derived terms
  • чешмен (češmen)
  • чешмеџија m (češmedžija)
  • чешмурка f (češmurka)

References
  • “чешма” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
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