авджия

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• (before a name or title) авджи́ (avdží)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آوجی (avcı).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐvˈdʒijɐ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

авджи́я • (avdžíja) m (feminine авджи́йка, relational adjective авджи́йски)

1. (archaic, now colloquial) hunter

   Synonyms: (colloquial) ловджи́я (lovdžíja), (neutral) лове́ц (lovéc)

Declension

Declension of авджи́я

	singular	plural
indefinite	авджи́я avdžíja	авджи́и avdžíi
definite	авджи́ята avdžíjata	авджи́ите avdžíite

Related terms

• авджилъ́к (avdžilǎ́k)

References

• “авджия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “авджия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “авджѝя”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 2
• “авджия”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 16