Чавдар

Bulgarian

Etymology

Derived from Classical Persian جاهدار (jāhdār, “dignitary, man of public station”), modified under the influence of Ottoman Turkish چاودار (çavdar, “rye”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɐvˈdar]
• Rhymes: -ar
• Syllabification^(key): Ча‧вдар
• Hyphenation^(key): Чав‧дар

Proper noun

Чавда́р • (Čavdár) m (diminutive Чавда́рчо)

1. a male given name, Chavdar or Tchavdar, feminine equivalent Чавда́ра (Čavdára).

Derived terms

• (Surnames):
  • Чавда́ров (Čavdárov), Чавда́рова (Čavdárova)
  • Чавда́рски (Čavdárski), Чавда́рска (Čavdárska)

Proper noun

Чавда́р • (Čavdár) m (indeclinable)

1. Chavdar (a municipality in eastern Sofia Oblast, Bulgaria).
2. Chavdar (a village, the administrative seat of Chavdar Municipality, Sofia Oblast, Bulgaria).
3. Chavdar (a peninsula in Antarctica).

References

• Илчев, Стефан (1969) “Чавдар”, in Речник на личните и фамилни имена у българите [Dictionary of Bulgarian Personal and Family Names] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 534

Further reading

• Chavdar Municipality on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chavdar, Sofia Province on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chavdar Peninsula on Wikipedia.Wikipedia