Bulgarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian ciao, an adaptation of Venetian s-ciao (I am at [your] service) from Latin sclavus (slave); ultimately from Proto-Slavic *slověninъ.

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Interjection

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ча́о (čáo)

  1. (colloquial) bye

References

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

Macedonian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian ciao.

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чао (čao)

  1. (colloquial) bye

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Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian ciao.

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Interjection

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ча́о (čáo)

  1. goodbye (farewell)
  2. ciao

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