чивия

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چیوی (çivi), see there for cognates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃiˈvijɐ]

Noun

чиви́я • (čivíja) f (regional, South Bulgaria, and there often archaic)

1. pin, peg, bolt, gib, nail

Declension

Declension of чиви́я

	singular	plural
indefinite	чиви́я čivíja	чиви́и čivíi
definite	чиви́ята čivíjata	чиви́ите čivíite

References

• Krǎsteva, Vesela (2003) “чивия”, in Тълковен речник на турцизмите в българския език [Explanatory Dictionary of Turkisms in the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Skorpio vi, page 229