bosorka

Carpathian Romani

Etymology

Borrowed from Slovak bosorka.

Noun

bosorka f

1. (East Slovak) witch

References

• “bosorka” in East Slovak Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• Milena Hübschmannová (2002 January) “Bosorka (Sorceress)”, in ROMBASE Cultural Database‎^[1], Prague, Czech Republic, archived from the original on 19 August 2021

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɔsɔrka]

Noun

bosorka f (masculine bosorák)

1. witch

Descendants

• → Carpathian Romani: bosorka

Further reading

• “bosorka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024