минзухар

Bulgarian

Etymology

Unclear. Perhaps reshaped from dialectal мингу́ш (mingúš, earring) + -ар (-ar), from Classical Persian مَنْگوش (mangōš, earring).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ar

Noun

минзуха́р • (minzuhár) m (diminutive минзуха́рче or минзуха́рец)

  1. crocus (flower of genus Crocus)

Declension

Coordinate terms

References

  • минзухар”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • минзухар”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “минзухар”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 105
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