Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قین (kın).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [kɐˈnijɐ]
  • (file)

Noun edit

кани́я (kaníjaf

  1. (archaic, colloquial) sheath, scabbard
    Synonyms: ножница (nožnica), капия (kapija)

Declension edit

References edit

  • кания”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • кания”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010