гайда

Bulgarian

Овча гайда

Etymology

Wanderword probably from Ladino, cognate with modern Spanish gaita, Basque gaita, Portuguese gaita. Loaned also into Macedonian гајда (gajda), Serbo-Croatian га̑јде pl, Greek γκάιντα (gkáinta), Turkish gayda, Arabic غَيْطَة‎ (ḡayṭa).

False cognate with native Bulgarian га́я pf (gája), га́кам pf (gákam), га́ювам impf (gájuvam, “to squawk, to caw”) (dialectal, of onomatopoeic origin) and further with Lithuanian gáida (“melody”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡajdə]

Noun

га́йда • (gájda) f (related adjective га́йден, diminutive гайди́ца)

1. bagpipe

Declension

Declension of га́йда

	singular	plural
indefinite	га́йда gájda	га́йди gájdi
definite	га́йдата gájdata	га́йдите gájdite

Derived terms

• гайда́р (gajdár, “bagpipe player”)
• гайдуни́ца (gajduníca), гайдени́ца (gajdeníca, “bagpipe's chanter”)

References

• гайда in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
• гайда in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)