пуяк

Bulgarian

Пуещ се пуяк

Etymology

Agent noun from пу́я се (púja se, “to perk, to swank”) (dialectal) +‎ -як (-jak), literally meaning perker-bird. Compare Latin pāvō (“peafowl”) (whence Bulgarian пау́н (paún, “peecock”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpujɐk]

Noun

пу́як • (pújak) m (feminine пу́йка)

1. turkey-cock (male turkey)

Declension

Declension of пу́як

	singular	plural
indefinite	пу́як pújak	пу́яци pújaci
definite (subject form)	пу́якът pújakǎt	пу́яците pújacite
definite (object form)	пу́яка pújaka
count form	—	пу́яка pújaka
vocative form	пу́яко pújako	пу́яци pújaci

Related terms

• пау́н (paún, “peacock”)
• папу́няк (papúnjak, “hoopoe”)

References

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

Anagrams

• купя (kupja)