потури

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پوتور (potur) (whence modern Turkish potur) + native plural marker. Ultimately of Armenian origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [poˈturi]

Noun

поту́ри • (potúri) pl

1. (plural only) poturs (type of slacks worn by the upper class in the Ottoman Empire)

Declension

Declension of поту́ри

	plural
indefinite	поту́ри potúri
definite	поту́рите potúrite

Alternative forms

• пату́ри (patúri)

Coordinate terms

• га́щи (gášti, “trousers”)
• пантало́ни (pantalóni, “pants”)
• шалва́ри (šalvári, “wide pants, slacks”)
• чеши́ри (češíri, “coarse slacks”)

Derived terms

• потурна́к (poturnák)

References

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

Anagrams

• упорит (uporit)