българщина

Bulgarian

Etymology

From българ(ин) (bǎlgar(in)) +‎ -щина (-ština). Compare Ukrainian Болга́рщина (Bolhárščyna, “Bulgaria”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbɤɫɡɐrʃtinɐ]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation(key): бъл‧гар‧щи‧на

Noun

бъ́лгарщина • (bǎ́lgarština) f (uncountable)

  1. Bulgarianness (the quality of being Bulgarian and the national character of Bulgarians)
  2. (archaic) a settlement or community of Bulgarians; or a Bulgarian diaspora
  3. (archaic, rare) Bulgaria; the land and country of Bulgaria

Declension
Declension of бъ́лгарщина
singular
indefinite бъ́лгарщина
bǎ́lgarština
definite бъ́лгарщината
bǎ́lgarštinata

References
  • “българщина”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “българщина”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “българин”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 99
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