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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زیتین (zeytin, olive), from Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn, olive).

The takes the place of the expected -й- by way of excessively careful pronunciation (Bulgarian: свръхстарателност (svrǎhstaratelnost)), according to Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary. Compare Bulgarian зейтин (zejtin), as well as Macedonian зејтин (zejtin) and Serbo-Croatian zejtin, where this change does not occur.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [zɛxˈtin]
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Noun

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зехти́н (zehtínm (relational adjective зехти́нен or зехти́нов)

  1. (countable and uncountable) olive oil
    Synonyms: (archaic) дъ́рвено масло́ (dǎ́rveno masló), (archaic or obsolete) зехти́нено масло́ (zehtíneno masló)
  2. (uncountable, dialect) sunflower oil
    Synonyms: о́лио (ólio), оли́вия (olívija)

Usage notes

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Used in plural form only when referring to several kinds of olive oil.

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  • зехтин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • зехтин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “зехтѝн”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 637
  • зехтин”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 276