пещемал
/[pɛʃtɛˈmaɫ] | [piʃtiˈmaɫ]/
Bulgariannoun
Definitions
- 1.colloquialbath towel
- 2.colloquialregionalbeach towel
- 3.dialectalthe back apron of the two-apron Bulgarian female folk costume - it is tied at the front and covers the shirt around the waist
- 4.archaicdialectalpeshtemal, a type of narrow rectangular cotton towel used in Turkish baths
Synonyms & related words
Synonyms
- пешки́р
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پشتمال (peştemal, peştamal, peştimal), پیشتمال (piştemal), from Persian پشتمال (poštmâl), from پشت (pošt, “back, rear of the body”) + مال (mâl, “cleaning”). Also borrowed in English as peshtemal. Other cognates include Albanian peshtamall, Aromanian pishtamal and Serbo-Croatian пештѐма̄љ /peštèmālj.
Forms
- пещема́лcanonical • masculine
- peštemálromanization
- пещема́лчеdiminutive
- пещема́лindefinite • singular
- пещема́лиindefinite • plural
- пещема́лътdefinite • singular • subjective
- пещема́литеdefinite • plural • subjective
- пещема́лаdefinite • objective • singular
- пещема́литеdefinite • objective • plural
- -count-form • singular
- пещема́лаcount-form • plural
- пещама́лalternative • dialectal
- пещима́лalternative • dialectal
- пищима́лalternative • dialectal
- пещема́рalternative • dialectal
- пущима́лalternative • dialectal
- пъщъма́лalternative • dialectal