пуйка
Bulgarian edit
Etymology edit
Agent noun from пу́я се (púja se, “to perk, to swank”) (dialectal) + -ка (-ka), literally “perking (bird)”.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
пу́йка • (pújka) f (masculine пу́як, relational adjective пу́йчи, diminutive пу́йче)
- female equivalent of пу́як (pújak): turkey-hen (female turkey)
- (by generalization) turkey (pheasant-like fowl of genus Meleagris)
Declension edit
Declension of пу́йка