Bulgarian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъlka (bony stump), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kulˀk-. Per Derksen, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- (to turn).

Cognates include Macedonian колк (kolk, hip), Russian колк (kolk, bony stump), Serbo-Croatian kuk (thigh, hip) and Lithuanian kulkšnis (ankle).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkɤɫkɐ]
  • Hyphenation: къл‧ка

Noun

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къ́лка (kǎ́lkaf (diminutive къ́лчица) (colloquial)

  1. (of animals, poultry) upper muscular portion of the leg
    Synonym: бут (but)
  2. (of people) thigh
    Synonym: бедро́ (bedró)

Declension

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References

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  • кълка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • кълка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кълк, кълка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 190
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*kъlka; *kъlkъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 260:m. o 'bony stump'
  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “kulkšnis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 262:It seems plausible to me that the basic root is kʷelh₁ - 'turn'.
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