таласъм
/[tɐɫɐˈsɤm]/
Bulgariannoun
Definitions
- 1.dialectalbug-a-boo, bogey, hobgoblin; apparition (evil nocturnal spirit that frightens people)
- 2.dialectalnight owl (person who is active at night)
Synonyms & related words
Synonyms
- карако́нджул
- но́щна пти́ца
Related words (1)
- талисма́н
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (tılısım, tılsım, “talisman; magic, sorcery; ghost, apparition”), from Arabic طَلَاسِم (ṭalāsim) - plural of طِلَسْم (ṭilasm, “enigma; talisman”), from Ancient Greek τέλεσμα (télesma, “talisman; sanctified object”). Cognate with Macedonian таласам (talasam). Compare Turkish tılsım (“charm, talisman”).
Forms
- таласъ́мcanonical • masculine
- talasǎ́mromanization
- таласъ́мскиadjective • relational
- таласъ́мчеdiminutive
- таласъ́мindefinite • singular
- таласъ́миindefinite • plural
- таласъ́мътdefinite • singular • subjective
- таласъ́митеdefinite • plural • subjective
- таласъ́маdefinite • objective • singular
- таласъ́митеdefinite • objective • plural
- -count-form • singular
- таласъ́маcount-form • plural