barchón

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish barchan with an accent shift from northern dialects.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /barˈxwon/
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: bar‧chón

Noun

barchón m inan (related adjective barchanowi)

1. fustian
2. (by extension) any lower-quality fabric

Further reading

• Sychta, Bernard (1967) “barχȯn”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 20
• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “barchan”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “barchan”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “barchón”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022