Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پرتل (partal, worn-out cloth), a -lı derivative of Classical Persian پارچه (pārča, piece, part). Displaced Bulgarian пъртищ (pǎrtišt), which is cognate with the Persian lemma.

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Noun edit

парца́л (parcálm

  1. tatter, rag, clout

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References edit

  • парцал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • парцал”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “парцал”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 76