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чукундур

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چوكندر (çükündür, çökündür), from Classical Persian چُغُنْدُر (čuğundur, beet).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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чукунду́р (čukundúrm

  1. beetroot
    Synonyms: панджа́р (pandžár), черве́но цвекло́ (červéno cvekló)
  2. (figuratively, offensive) dolt, blockhead

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References

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  • Krǎsteva, Vesela (2003) “чукундур”, in Тълковен речник на турцизмите в българския език [Explanatory Dictionary of Turkisms in the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Skorpio vi, page 233