кукер
BulgarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Technically reflecting Proto-Slavic *kukyrъ, possibly derived from Proto-Slavic *kukъ, *kuka (“feisty spirit”) + -ер (-er).
Alternative theories propose borrowed origin from a term, akin to Bulgarian кукла (kukla, “toy, puppet”) (Greek loanword) or Bulgarian гу́гла (gúgla, “hood”) (Latin loanword), both ultimately from Latin cucūllus (“hood, covering for the read”).
NounEdit
ку́кер • (kúker) m
- (dialectal) kuker (person dressed in a carnival costume, who chases evil spirits in specific days of the year)
Alternative formsEdit
- кукир (kukir)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ку́кер
ReferencesEdit
- кукер in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Institut za bǎlgarski ezik)
- кукер in Rečnik na bǎlgarskija ezik (Čitanka.Info)
- Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1986), “кукер¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 89