щъркел

See also: штркел

Bulgarian

Бял щъркел
Жълтоклюн щъркел

Etymology

щърк (štǎrk, stork) (colloquial) + -ел (-el), extended from Proto-Slavic *stьrkъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃtɤrkɛɫ]
  • Hyphenation(key): щър‧кел

Noun

щъ́ркел • (štǎ́rkel) m (feminine щъ́ркелица, relational adjective щъ́ркелов, diminutive щъ́ркелче)

  1. stork (wading bird of family Ciconiidae)
    Synonym: (dialectal) ле́лек (lélek)

Declension

Alternative forms

  • стърк (stǎrk) obsolete
  • щърк (štǎrk) shortened, colloquial

Hyponyms

References

  • щъркел”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • щъркел”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
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