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бухта

/[ˈbuxtɐ]/
Bulgariannounintj

Definitions

  1. 1.
    something swollen, blown up
  2. 2.
    sweet fritters (type of fried doughy pastry)
  3. 3.
    colloquialboom! bang!

Synonyms & related words

Word family
  • бу́хтя
  • бухти́ца

Etymology

By surface analysis, бу́хам (búham, “to swell, to inflate (of dough); to bang”) + -та (-ta). Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary additionally compares the sense “fritters” with Romanian bucată (“piece of bread”).

Forms

  • бу́хтаcanonical • feminine
  • búhtaromanization
  • бу́хтичкаdiminutive
  • бу́хтаindefinite • singular
  • бу́хтиindefinite • plural
  • бу́хтатаdefinite • singular
  • бу́хтитеdefinite • plural

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