аладжа
/[ɐɫɐˈdʒa̟]/
Bulgarianadjnoun
Definitions
- 1.dialectalcolourful, variegated
- 2.dress or cloth made of such fabric
- 3.obsoletevariegated or patterned fabric
Synonyms & related words
Word family
- Аладжа́ манасти́р
Synonyms
- разноцве́тен
- ша́рен
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish لاجه (“colorful”) (whence modern Turkish alaca). Akin to Macedonian ала (ala, “serpent, dragon”), Serbo-Croatian а̏ла (“spotted; dragon”) (borrowed from Ottoman Turkish).
Forms
- аладжа́canonical
- aladžáromanization