агалък

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (ağalık).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɐɡɐˈɫɤk]
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Noun

агалъ́к • (agalǎ́k) m (historical or colloquial)

  1. the status or being of an agha
  2. lordship, dominion, power
    Synonyms: господару́ване (gospodarúvane), запове́дничество (zapovédničestvo), охо́лство (ohólstvo)
  3. (collective) the Turks; all Turkish people
    • 1886?, Lyuben Karavelov, Съчинения, volume 2, page 135:
      Агалъкът не е малка сила, мои братя.
      Agalǎkǎt ne e malka sila, moi bratja.
      The Turks are not a small force, my brothers.

Declension
Declension of агалъ́к
singular
indefinite агалъ́к
agalǎ́k
definite
(subject form)		 агалъ́кът
agalǎ́kǎt
definite
(object form)		 агалъ́ка
agalǎ́ka

See also
  • агарлъ́к (agarlǎ́k, “brideprice”)

References
  • “агалък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “агалък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • “агалък”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 18
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