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дервен

Bulgarian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish دربند (derbent, dervent, “narrows, pass; derbend”) through Greek δερβένι (dervéni, “narrows, pass”), ultimately from Classical Persian دربند (darband, “narrows, pass”). The alternative form дервент (dervent) is attested later, and was formed from дервен (derven) under the influence of Turkish.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [dɛrˈvɛn]
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Noun

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дерве́н • (dervén) m

  1. (obsolete) narrows, usually referring to a narrow mountain pass
    Synonym: проход (prohod)

Declension

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Declension of дерве́н
singular plural
indefinite дерве́н
dervén 		дерве́ни
dervéni
definite
(subject form) 		дерве́нът
dervénǎt 		дерве́ните
dervénite
definite
(object form) 		дерве́на
dervéna
count form — дерве́на
dervéna

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Macedonian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دربند (dervent, “narrows, pass; derbend”) through Greek δερβένι (dervéni, “narrows, pass”), ultimately from Persian دربند (darband, “narrows, pass”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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дервен • (derven) m (relational adjective дервенски)

  1. gorge, canyon
    Synonyms: клисура (klisura), кланец (klanec)
  2. derbend

Declension

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Declension of дервен
singular plural
indefinite дервен дервени
definite unspecified дервенот дервените
definite proximal дервенов дервениве
definite distal дервенон дервенине
vocative дервену дервени
count form — дервена

Derived terms

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References

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  • Belčev, Tole (2016) “дервен”, 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 46
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