бахур

Bulgarian

Пресен и изсушен бахур (месен деликатес)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *baxurъ / *baxorъ (“intestine”), of uncertain origin.

• Possibly an early Turkic borrowing akin to modern Turkish bağır (“bosom”).
• If native, probably from Proto-Slavic *baxati (“to fuss, to bluster”) +‎ -ур (-ur).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaxor]

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Noun

ба́хур • (báhur) m

1. (dialectal, obsolete) animal's large intestine, belly

   Synonyms: дебе́ло черво́ (debélo červó), (dialectal) пузно́ (puznó)

2. (by extension) blood sausage (stuffed animal intestines, typically from pork, filled with mince and various condiments)

   Synonym: кърва́вица (kǎrvávica)

Declension

Declension of ба́хур

	singular	plural
indefinite	ба́хур báhur	ба́хури báhuri
definite (subject form)	ба́хурът báhurǎt	ба́хурите báhurite
definite (object form)	ба́хура báhura
count form	—	ба́хура báhura

Coordinate terms

• на́деница (nádenica, “sausage”)
• суджу́к (sudžúk, “thick sausage”)
• колба́с (kolbás, “salami sausage”)

References

• “бахур”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “бахур”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бахур”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 36
• Nayden Gerov (1895) “ба́хуръ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 28