занаят
/[zɐnɐˈja̟t]/
Bulgariannoun
Definitions
- 1.craft, art (skilled practice)
- 2.profession
- 3.occupation, exercise
- 4.business
Synonyms & related words
Etymology
From an earlier занят (zanjat) (19 cent.), borrowed from Ottoman Turkish صنعت (sanat, zanat). Cognate with Turkish sanat. The modern form is reanalyzed as if from Old Church Slavonic за(н)ѩти (za(n)jęti, “to occupy, to take part in”) (cf. Bulgarian занятие (zanjatie, “occupation”), занимание (zanimanie, “exercise, occupation”)).
Forms
- заная́тcanonical • masculine
- zanajátromanization
- заная́тindefinite • singular
- заная́тиindefinite • plural
- заная́тътdefinite • singular • subjective
- заная́титеdefinite • plural • subjective
- заная́таdefinite • objective • singular
- заная́титеdefinite • objective • plural
- -count-form • singular
- заная́таcount-form • plural