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Etymology

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For "top of the boot" meaning: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *choľeva. Cognate with Ukrainian халя́ва (xaljáva), Polish cholewa. Note also Ossetian хӕлаф (xælaf, trousers).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [xɐˈlʲavə]
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Noun

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халя́ва (xaljávaf inan (genitive халя́вы, nominative plural халя́вы, genitive plural халя́в)

  1. (dialectal) bootleg, top of the boot
  2. (slang) freebie

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References

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*choľevъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 59
  • Abajev, V. I. (1989) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 165