блана

Bulgarian

буца блана

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *bolna, formally from Proto-Indo-European *bʰоlH- (“pale, bright”) + -на (-na). Loaned into Aromanian blană (“clump, clod”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɫɐˈna]

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Noun

блана́ • (blaná) f (dialectal)

1. piece of sod, turf, sward (lump of soil with growing vegetation on it)

   Synonym: чим (čim)

2. (obsolete) dry peat or compost used in the past as a rudimentary fuel (instead of coals)
3. (figurative) bland, insipid mixture

   Synonyms: бълво́ч (bǎlvóč), блудкавина́ (bludkaviná)

Inflection

Declension of блана́

	singular	plural
indefinite	блана́ blaná	блани́ blaní
definite	бланата́ blanatá	блани́те blaníte

Derived terms

• блана́в (blanáv, “bland, muddy”)

Related terms

• бла́то (bláto, “swamp”)

References

• “блана”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1895) “блана́”, 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 47
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “блана”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 54