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колан

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قولان (kolan), itself perhaps from Italian collana (necklace).[1] Compare Serbo-Croatian колан/kolan (girth).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [koˈɫan]
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  • Rhymes: -an

Noun

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кола́н (kolánm

  1. girdle, belt

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кола̀н”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 547; the Italian origin of the Turkish word proposed by acad. Stefan Mladenov is described there as unconvincing, неубедително

Anagrams

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Macedonian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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колан (kolanm (diminutive коланче)

  1. belt

Declension

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Declension of колан
singular plural
indefinite колан (kolan) колани (kolani)
definite unspecified коланот (kolanot) коланите (kolanite)
definite proximal коланов (kolanov) коланиве (kolanive)
definite distal коланон (kolanon) коланине (kolanine)
vocative колану (kolanu) колани (kolani)
count form колана (kolana)

Nanai

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Noun

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колан (kolan)

  1. insect