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кукла

/[ˈkukɫɐ]/
Bulgariannoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    doll, puppet
  2. 2.
    manipulated person
    • кукла на конци

      kukla na koncione who is led by someone else

  3. 3.
    colloquialcute girl, lolita
  4. 4.
    dialectalyarn woven into 5 strands, which together look like a human figure
  5. 5.
    dialectalhillock, cusp, rocky mound
  6. 6.
    dialectalsnare, loop
  7. 7.
    dialectaltype of ceremonial braided bread served on Easter day (specifically Вели́кденска ку́кла (Velíkdenska kúkla))

Synonyms & related words

Word family
  • ку́кличка
  • куклово́д
  • ку́клен
Synonyms
  • хълм
  • моги́ла
  • бри́мка
  • козуна́к
Related words (1)
  • чу́ка

Etymology

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κούκλα (koúkla), from Latin cucūlla. Doublet of гу́гла (gúgla, “hood”) and куку́л (kukúl, “pointed hat”) - direct borrowings from Latin.

Forms

  • ку́клаcanonical • feminine
  • kúklaromanization
  • ку́клаindefinite • singular
  • ку́клиindefinite • plural
  • ку́клатаdefinite • singular
  • ку́клитеdefinite • plural
Vocative
Singular
ку́кло
Plural
ку́кли

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