канара

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كناره (känarä, “edge, margin”), from Persian کناره (kanâre, “edge, side”). Compare кена́р (kenár) from Ottoman Turkish كنار (känar, “edge, margin”) from Persian کنار (kanâr, “edge, side”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐnɐˈra]

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Noun

канара́ • (kanará) f

1. crag, rock, cliff

   Synonyms: скала́ (skalá), зъ́бер (zǎ́ber), (dialectal) ка́рпа (kárpa)

2. (figurative) severe, strong, hard as rock person

Declension

Declension of канара́

	singular	plural
indefinite	канара́ kanará	канари́ kanarí
definite	канара́та kanaráta	канари́те kanaríte

Derived terms

• канари́ст (kanaríst, “rocky”)

Related terms

• кена́р (kenár, “border, strip”) (dialectal)

References

• “канара”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “канара”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “канара¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 198