бубаќ

Macedonian

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek βάμβαξ (bámbax), which makes it a distant relative to памук (pamuk), adopted via Ottoman Turkish پاموق (pamuk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbubac]

Noun

бубаќ • (bubaḱ) m

1. (dialectal) cotton

   Synonym: памук (pamuk)

Declension

Declension of бубаќ

	singular
indefinite	бубаќ (bubaḱ)
definite unspecified	бубаќот (bubaḱot)
definite proximal	бубаќов (bubaḱov)
definite distal	бубаќон (bubaḱon)
vocative	бубаќу (bubaḱu)

References

• Цветковски, Радован П., Стефановски, Божо (2008) Речник на демихисарскиот говор [Dictionary of Demir Hisar dialect] (in Macedonian), Skopje: Академски печат, →ISBN, page 42