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 • (sajván) m
Declension
| 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