палачор

Bulgarian

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Turkish palaçor (“old shabby garment”), from Greek παλιατζούρα (paliatzoúra, “junk; old useless item”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɐɫɐˈt͡ʃɔr]
• Hyphenation^(key): па‧ла‧чор

Noun

палачо́р • (palačór) m (relational adjective палачо́рски) (regional, derogatory, colloquial)

1. slovenly or unkempt person; pig

   Synonym: мърля́ч (mǎrljáč)

2. someone who does things in a careless, negligent or halfhearted way

Declension

Declension of палачо́р

	singular	plural
indefinite	палачо́р palačór	палачо́ри palačóri
definite (subject form)	палачо́рът palačórǎt	палачо́рите palačórite
definite (object form)	палачо́ра palačóra
count form	—	палачо́ра palačóra

References

• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “палачор”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 24
• “палачор”, in BGJargon.com (in Bulgarian), 2007