кратуна

Bulgarian

Etymology

Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary presumes a borrowing from a Balkan Latin contamination of Latin cortīna (“couldron”) and lagūna (“narrow-necked vessel”). The later gives the scientific name of the genus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [krɐˈtunɐ]
Rhymes: -una

Noun

крату́на • (kratúna) f (diminutive крату́нка)

gourd, cucurbit (plant of genus Lagenaria, within the Cucurbitaceae family)
(figurative) nob, pate (derogatory word for head)

Declension

Declension of крату́на

	singular	plural
indefinite	крату́на kratúna	крату́ни kratúni
definite	крату́ната kratúnata	крату́ните kratúnite

Alternative forms

карту́на (kartúna), крачу́на (kračúna) — dialectal

Derived terms

(adjectives):

крату́нест (kratúnest)
крату́нков (kratúnkov)

References

“кратуна”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
“кратуна”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Nayden Gerov (1897) “крату́на”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 411
Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кратуна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 722