чаршаф

Bulgarian

Чаршаф

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چارشاف (çârşaf), a contraction of چادر شب (çâdır-ı şeb, “night covering, veil”), from Classical Persian چادر شب (čādar-i šab).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃɐrˈʃa̟f]

Noun

чарша́ф • (čaršáf) m

1. sheet, spread, coverlet (particularly linen bedsheet, bedspread)

   Synonym: посте́ля (postélja)

Inflection

Declension of чарша́ф

	singular	plural
indefinite	чарша́ф čaršáf	чарша́фи čaršáfi
definite (subject form)	чарша́фът čaršáfǎt	чарша́фите čaršáfite
definite (object form)	чарша́фа čaršáfa
count form	—	чарша́фа čaršáfa

Alternative forms

• черша́ф (čeršáf) — dialectal

Related terms

• чадър (čadǎr, “umbrella”)
• ша́тра (šátra, “tent”)

References

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

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چارشاف (çârşaf), from چادر شب (çâdır-ı şeb), from Persian چادر شب (čâdar-e šab), from چادر (čâdor, čâdar, “covering”) + شب (šab, “night”). Compare with чадор (čador).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃarʃaf]

Noun

чаршаф • (čaršaf) m (diminutive чаршафче)

1. sheet, cloth, spread

Declension

Declension of чаршаф

	singular	plural
indefinite	чаршаф	чаршафи
definite unspecified	чаршафот	чаршафите
definite proximal	чаршафов	чаршафиве
definite distal	чаршафон	чаршафине
vocative	чаршафу	чаршафи
count form	—	чаршафа

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• ча̀ршав

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چارشاف (çârşaf), from چادر شب (çâdır-ı şeb), from Persian چادر شب (čâdar-e šab).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃǎrʃaf/
• Hyphenation: чар‧шаф

Noun

ча̀ршаф m (Latin spelling čàršaf)

1. (regional, chiefly Bosnia, Serbia) bedsheet

Declension

Declension of чаршаф

	singular	plural
nominative	чаршаф	чаршафи
genitive	чаршафа	чаршафа
dative	чаршафу	чаршафима
accusative	чаршаф	чаршафе
vocative	чаршафе	чаршафи
locative	чаршафу	чаршафима
instrumental	чаршафом	чаршафима