Bulgarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *vьrtъ (turn, enclosure), cognate with Serbo-Croatian вр̏т and akin to верт in Russian вертоград (vertograd). The meaning garden continues Old Church Slavonic врьтъ (vrĭtŭ), врътъ (vrŭtŭ, garden) and is nowadays limited to dialects from South-Western Bulgaria (and Slavic dialects in Northern Greece).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [vrɤt]
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Noun

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врът (vrǎtm

  1. turn, rotation
  2. (dialectal) vegetable garden
    Synonym: зеленчукова градина (zelenčukova gradina)

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References

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  • врът”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • врьтъ in Исторически речник на Българския език, Sofia University "St. Clement Ohridsky"
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “врът²”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 219