борса

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian borsa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɔrsɐ]

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• Hyphenation^(key): бор‧са
• Rhymes: -ɔrsɐ

Noun

бо́рса • (bórsa) f (relational adjective бо́рсов)

1. exchange (place for conducting trading); (specifically) stock market, stock exchange

   Купих много акции от борсата днес.

   Kupih mnogo akcii ot borsata dnes.

   I purchased many stocks from the exchange today.

2. market, especially a wholesale one (place where large amounts of goods are sold)

   Напазарувах добре от борсата, така че няма да ходим пак тази седмица.

   Napazaruvah dobre ot borsata, taka če njama da hodim pak tazi sedmica.

   I did a good deal of shopping at the market, so we won't be going again this week.

Declension

Declension of бо́рса

	singular	plural
indefinite	бо́рса bórsa	бо́рси bórsi
definite	бо́рсата bórsata	бо́рсите bórsite

Derived terms

• тру́дова бо́рса (trúdova bórsa, “employment agency”)
• че́рна бо́рса (čérna bórsa, “black market”)

References

• “борса”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “борса”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “борса”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 71