пъдар

Bulgarian

Etymology

By surface analysis, пъ́дя (pǎ́dja, “to chase away”) +‎ -ар (-ar).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɐˈdar]
• Rhymes: -ar

Noun

пъда́р • (pǎdár) m

1. guard, patrol, watchman

Declension

Declension of пъда́р

	singular	plural
indefinite	пъда́р pǎdár	пъда́ри pǎdári
definite (subject form)	пъда́рят pǎdárjat	пъда́рите pǎdárite
definite (object form)	пъда́ря pǎdárja
count form	—	пъда́ря pǎdárja

Alternative forms

• пада́р (padár), пуда́р (pudár) — dialectal
• пънда́р (pǎndár) — in dialects with preserved nasalism

Related terms

• панду́р (pandúr, “pandur”) (Hundarian loanword, possibly of Slavic origin, akin to the current term)

References

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