Добруджа

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish Dobruca, from Bulgarian Добротица (Dobrotica, “the name of a ruler”), from доброта (dobrota, “goodness”) +‎ -ица (-ica, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdɔbrodʒɐ]
  • Audio (Standard Bulgarian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔbrodʒɐ
  • Syllabification(key): До‧бру‧джа
  • Hyphenation(key): Доб‧ру‧джа

Proper noun

До́бруджа • (Dóbrudža) f (relational adjective добруджа́нски, demonym добруджа́нец, female demonym добруджа́нка)

  1. Dobruja (a historical region shared by Bulgaria and Romania)

Inflection

Declension of До́бруджа
singular
indefinite До́бруджа
Dóbrudža
definite —
vocative form До́бруджо1
Dóbrudžo1

1Folk-poetic.

References

  • “Добруджа”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
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