Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اژدر (ajder, ejder), from Persian اژدر (aždar). Cognate to Turkish ejder, Serbo-Croatian аждаја.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɐʒˈdɛr]
  • Hyphenation(key): аж‧дер

Noun

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ажде́р (aždérm

  1. serpent, dragon (mythical creature with a snake-shaped body)
    Synonyms: змей (zmej), ламя́ (lamjá), дра́кон (drákon), ха́ла (hála)
  2. (figurative) strapping young man
    Synonym: юна́к (junák)
  3. (figurative) lightning-fast horse

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References

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  • аждер”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • аждер”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “ажде́р”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 5
  • аждер”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 20

Macedonian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اژدر (ajder, ejder), from Persian اژدر (aždar). Cognate to Turkish ejder, Serbo-Croatian аждаја.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈaʒdɛr]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: аж‧дер

Noun

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а́ждер (ážderm (plural а́ждери)

  1. dragon (mythical creature)
    Synonyms: а́ла (ála), змеј (zmej), дра́кон (drákon)
  2. (figurative) monster

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Further reading

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  • аждер” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
  • Belčev, Tole (2016) “аждер”, in Речник на турцизми, архаизми, дијалектизми и ретко употребувани зборови во македонскиот јазик [Dictionary of Turkisms, Archaisms, Dialectisms and Rarely Used Words in the Macedonian Language]‎[1] (in Macedonian), Štip: UGD, →ISBN, page 15