Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian князь (knjazʹ),[1] from Proto-Slavic *kъnędzь, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kuningaz. Doublet of кнез (knez) from Old Church Slavonic кънѧѕь (kŭnędzĭ).[2]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [knʲa̟s]
  • (file)

Noun edit

княз (knjazm (feminine княги́ня)

  1. prince
    Synonym: принц (princ)

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “княз”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 499
  2. ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кнез”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 495

Further reading edit

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