Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قولان (kolan), itself perhaps from Italian collana (necklace).[1] Compare Serbo-Croatian колан/kolan (girth).

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  • IPA(key): [koˈɫan]
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Noun

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кола́н (kolánm

  1. girdle, belt

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References

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  1. ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кола̀н”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 547; the Italian origin of the Turkish word proposed by acad. Stefan Mladenov is described there as unconvincing, неубедително

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Macedonian

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Noun

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колан (kolanm (diminutive коланче)

  1. belt

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Nanai

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Noun

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колан (kolan)

  1. insect