Bulgarian edit

Etymology edit

From an earlier стопа́н (stopán) (dialectal) +‎ -ин (-in) (agentive suffix). Formally reflects Proto-Slavic *stopan(in)ъ which yielded Old Church Slavonic стопанъ (stopanŭ), Serbo-Croatian стопан, Macedonian стопан (stopan) and was loaned into Romanian stăpân, but beyond that - of uncertain origin.

Proposed etymologies include:

Noun edit

стопа́нин (stopáninm (feminine стопа́нка)

  1. master, landlord, householder, manager of owndom, husband (in its archaic sense)
    Synonyms: домакин (domakin), съдържател (sǎdǎržatel)
  2. (dialectal) home spirit, protector of property (mythological)

Declension edit

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Further reading edit

References edit

  • стопанин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • стопанин”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • Todorov, T. A.; Racheva, M., editors (2010), “стопанин”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 477

Macedonian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

стопанин (stopaninm (plural стопани, feminine стопанка, relational adjective стопански)

  1. master, owner (of cattle, of an inn, etc.)
    Synonym: стопан (stopan)

Declension edit