изток
Bulgarian
Etymology
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By surface analysis, из- (iz-, “out-”) + ток (tok, “flow”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈistok]
Audio (Standard Bulgarian): (file) - Rhymes: -istok
- Syllabification(key): и‧зток
- Hyphenation(key): из‧ток
Noun
и́зток • (íztok) m (relational adjective и́зточен)
- (uncountable) east (compass point)
- (uncountable) the East, the Orient
- Близкият изток ― Blizkijat iztok ― the Near East
- Далечният изток ― Dalečnijat iztok ― the Far East
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | и́зток íztok |
| definite (subject form) |
и́зтокът íztokǎt |
| definite (object form) |
и́зтока íztoka |
Coordinate terms
compass points: [edit]
| североза́пад (severozápad) | се́вер (séver) | северои́зток (severoíztok) |
| за́пад (západ) | и́зток (íztok) | |
| югоза́пад (jugozápad) | юг (jug) | югои́зток (jugoíztok) |
Derived terms
- източен (iztočen)
- източник (iztočnik)
- североизток (severoiztok)
- югоизток (jugoiztok)
- североизточен (severoiztočen)
- югоизточен (jugoiztočen)
References
- “изток”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “изток”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “изток”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 54