кания

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قین (kın).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈnijɐ]

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Noun

кани́я • (kaníja) f

1. (archaic, colloquial) sheath, scabbard

   Synonyms: ножница (nožnica), капия (kapija)

Declension

Declension of кани́я

	singular	plural
indefinite	кани́я kaníja	кани́и kaníi
definite	кани́ята kaníjata	кани́ите kaníite

References

• “кания”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “кания”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010