хисар

Bulgarian

Южни двери на Хисарската крепост, Хисаря

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حصار (hisar) (whence Modern Turkish hisar), ultimately from Arabic حِصَار (ḥiṣār, “restriction”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xiˈsar]

Noun

хиса́р • (hisár) m

1. (historical) fortified structure, citadel (usually built at hospitable location)

   Synonyms: гради́ще (gradíšte), (among East Slavs) дети́нец (detínec), цитаде́ла (citadéla)

Declension

Declension of хиса́р

	singular	plural
indefinite	хиса́р hisár	хиса́ри hisári
definite (subject form)	хиса́рят hisárjat	хиса́рите hisárite
definite (object form)	хиса́ря hisárja
count form	—	хиса́ря hisárja

Coordinate terms

• кале́ (kalé, “qalat, fort”) (fortification built at inhospitable location)

References

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

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حصار (hisar) (Turkish hisar), from Arabic حِصَار (ḥiṣār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxisar]

Noun

хисар • (hisar) m

1. (archaic) fortress, fortification

   Synonym: тврдина (tvrdina)

References

• “хисар” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
• Belčev, Tole (2016) “хисар”, in Речник на турцизми, архаизми, дијалектизми и ретко употребувани зборови во македонскиот јазик [Dictionary of Turkisms, Archaisms, Dialectisms and Rarely Used Words in the Macedonian Language]‎^[1] (in Macedonian), Štip: UGD, →ISBN, page 193