buzdygan

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkic, compare Ottoman Turkish بوزطوغان (bozdoğan, “iron war-mace”). Cognate with Bulgarian боздуга́н (bozdugán, “mace”), Hungarian buzogány (“mace”), Macedonian боздоган (bozdogan, “mace”), Romanian buzdugan (“mace”), Serbo-Croatian буздован (“mace”), etc.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /buzˈdɨ.ɡan/
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  • Rhymes: -ɨɡan
  • Syllabification: buz‧dy‧gan

Noun

buzdygan m inan (diminutive buzdyganek)

  1. mace (weapon)

Declension
Declension of buzdygan
singular plural
nominative buzdygan buzdygany
genitive buzdygana/buzdyganu buzdyganów
dative buzdyganowi buzdyganom
accusative buzdygan buzdygany
instrumental buzdyganem buzdyganami
locative buzdyganie buzdyganach
vocative buzdyganie buzdygany

Further reading
  • buzdygan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • buzdygan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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