зирка

Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, зи́ра (zíra, “transparent substance”) +‎ -ка (-ka)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzirkɐ]

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Noun

зи́рка • (zírka) m (dialectal)

1. slit, leak, gap for seeing through

Declension

Declension of зи́рка

	singular	plural
indefinite	зи́рка zírka	зи́рки zírki
definite	зи́рката zírkata	зи́рките zírkite

Derived terms

• взи́рка (vzírka) (dialectal)
• прози́рка (prozírka) (dialectal)
• зи́ркав (zírkav, “squeezed, squinted”) (of eyes)

Related terms

• зи́ркам (zírkam, “to see through”) (dialectal)
• прозо́рец (prozórec, “window”)

References

• “зирка”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1897) “зи́рка”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 156
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “зирка”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 643