сайван

Bulgarian

Alternative forms

  • сайва́нт (sajvánt)

Etymology

From Turkish sayvan (or its Ottoman ancestor). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Find Ottoman form if it exists. saye#Turkish exists, but vânt#Turkish does not.”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɐjˈvan]
  • Audio (Standard Bulgarian):(file)
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Hyphenation(key): сай‧ван

Noun

сайва́н • (sajvánm

  1. (dialect) overhang
    Synonyms: на́вес (náves), сушина́ (sušiná)

Declension

Declension of сайва́н
singular plural
indefinite сайва́н
sajván
сайва́ни
sajváni
definite
(subject form)
сайва́нът
sajvánǎt
сайва́ните
sajvánite
definite
(object form)
сайва́на
sajvána
count form сайва́на
sajvána

References

  • Илчев, Стефан (1969), “Сайва̀нски”, in Речник на личните и фамилни имена у българите [Dictionary of Bulgarian Personal and Family Names] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 436