зехтин
/[zɛxˈtin]/
Bulgariannoun
Definitions
- 1.olive oil
- 2.dialectalsunflower oil
Synonyms & related words
Word family
- зехти́нли́ев
- зехти́нли́я
- зехти́нли́йка
- зехти́няв
- зехтиня́в
- зехти́нява
Synonyms
- зехти́нено масло́
- о́лио
- оли́вия
- дъ́рвено масло́
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish زیتین (zeytin, “olive”), from Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn, “olive”). The -х takes the place of the expected -й- by way of excessively careful pronunciation (Bulgarian: свръхстарателност (svrǎhstaratelnost)), according to Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary. Compare Bulgarian зейтин (zejtin), as well as Macedonian зејтин (zejtin) and Serbo-Croatian zejtin, where this change does not occur.
Forms
- зехти́нcanonical • masculine
- zehtínromanization
- зехти́ненadjective • relational
- зехти́новadjective • relational
- зехти́нindefinite • singular
- зехти́ниindefinite • plural
- зехти́нътdefinite • singular • subjective
- зехти́нитеdefinite • plural • subjective
- зехти́наdefinite • objective • singular
- зехти́нитеdefinite • objective • plural
- -count-form • singular
- зехти́наcount-form • plural
- зейти́нalternative
- зийти́нalternative
- зити́нalternative
- зайти́нalternative