сукман

Bulgarian

сукманени носии
(left: Bulgarian; right: Chuvash)

Etymology

Uncertain:

• Boev: Of Oghur (or another Turkic) origin, cognate with Chuvash сăхман (săhman, “robe”), Hungarian szokmány (“overcoat”). Further comparable with Bashkir сәкмән (səkmən, “coat”), Tatar чикмән (çikmän, “winter coat”), Southern Altai чекмен (čekmen, “caftan”) (whence Russian чекмень (čekmenʹ)).
• Mladenov: Native Slavic term akin to Bulgarian су́кно (súkno, “floaty fabric”), сукня́ (suknjá, “skirt”).
• Wandering word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sokˈman]
• Rhymes: -an

Noun

сукма́н • (sukmán) m (diminutive сукма́нче)

1. dress, frock (female garment combining a skirt and an overwear)

Declension

Declension of сукма́н

	singular	plural
indefinite	сукма́н sukmán	сукма́ни sukmáni
definite (subject form)	сукма́нът sukmánǎt	сукма́ните sukmánite
definite (object form)	сукма́на sukmána
count form	—	сукма́на sukmána

References

• “сукман”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “сукман”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “сукман”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 561

Anagrams

• смукна (smukna)