карда

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

• га́рда (gárda)

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek καρδάρα (kardára), derived καρδάρι (kardári) +‎ -α (-a) but reanalyzed as from -άρα (-ára) in Bulgarian, from Byzantine Greek καλδάριον (kaldárion), from Latin caldārium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkardɐ]

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Noun

ка́рда • (kárda) f

1. (dialectal) a gourd to draw water

Declension

Declension of ка́рда

	singular	plural
indefinite	ка́рда kárda	ка́рди kárdi
definite	ка́рдата kárdata	ка́рдите kárdite

References

• Bernard, Roger (1948) “Mots grecs en bulgare”, in Bulletin de la Société de linguistique de Paris‎^[1] (in French), volume 44, fasc. I, num. 128, pages 102–103
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “ка́рда”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 244
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “га́рда”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 231