дума

/[ˈdumɐ]/

Bulgariannoun

Definitions

1.
word (unit of language)
2.
word, account (the thing one talks about)
3.
word, talk, conversation
4.
word, promise, pledge
5.
word, say, opinion, verdict
6.
the right to speak, floor
7.
duma (Russian legislative assembly)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *duma (“thought”), Origin disputed. Either from Germanic, from Proto-Germanic *dōmaz (“judicial decision, act, thought”). Or from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke”), akin to Proto-Slavic *duti (“to blow, to inflate”), Proto-Slavic *dymъ (“smoke”).