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зехтин

/[zɛxˈtin]/
Bulgariannoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    olive oil
  2. 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

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